virginity and family honor

this is going on all of the time in many parts of the world. men desire women. yet, it's always the woman's fault if bodies bump. in this case, the 17 year old girl kept running away from home (the article says for unknown reasons. well, it's easy enough to figure out. she kept running away because her father accused her of not being a virgin and i'm sure he also kept threatening her). turns out she WAS a virgin. that wasn't good enough. HE EFFING SHOT HER FOUR TIMES IN THE HEAD.

women are worthless. they are not cherished or honored or treated like PEOPLE. this is an extreme case and it happened in another country. it happens (to lesser degrees for the most part) here too and don't be fooled into thinking it doesn't

Jordanian man fatally shoots teen daughter in family honor killing, official says

By Associated Press Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Updated: 07:52 AM EST AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian man fatally shot his 17-year-old daughter whom he suspected of having sex despite a medical exam that proved her chastity, an official said Thursday.
The man surrendered to police hours after the killing, saying he had done it for family honor.
A state forensic pathologist, who works at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Amman where an autopsy was performed, said in a phone interview that the girl had run away from home several times for unknown reasons.
Weeks ago, the girl had returned home from a family protection clinic after doctors had vouched for her virginity and the father had signed a pledge not to harm her, the pathologist said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the case.
”The tests proved that she was a virgin,” the pathologist said. The girl returned home only after her father signed a statement promising not to harm her, he added.
The father shot the girl four times in the head on Tuesday. On Wednesday, an autopsy was performed that again showed ”she was still a virgin,” the pathologist said.
Authorities have not disclosed the names of the father or the daughter or even their hometown, saying only that they lived in a southern province.
The crime is the first ”honor killing” this year in Jordan, where many men consider sex out of wedlock to be an almost indelible stain on a family’s reputation. On average, about 20 women in the country are killed by their relatives in such cases each year. Women have been killed for simply dating. ............

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