Chinese-Dragon
RETIRED TTA
That's a reasonable thing so say. If time permits one may submit this suggestion to would be suicidees (not sure if such a term exists). Who knows - it might just prevent them from happening.
I think you are talking about Jauhar. That was NOT because of accusations. Women killed themselves to avoid getting captured by Muslim invaders and taken as war booty. That is a different issue.
No you missed the conversation that happened just a few posts ago:
But i also quoted you examples of women from central India who were only accused of adultery (not even considered a crime) and resorted to suicide..
This confuses me, how can an innocent person "lose honor" even if they did nothing wrong?
You see, honor is a good and noble thing. An innocent person who has done nothing wrong, has not lost their honor. It doesn't matter who accuses them of what, or even if they are wrongly punished/imprisoned for it.
People lose their honor by doing bad things. Good, innocent people who have done nothing wrong, cannot lose their honor.
But the way you are describing the word "honor" is a very nasty idea, which helped me understand how such a weird phrase "honor killing" could exist. Honor is a good thing, you don't kill your own children because of honor, that makes zero sense.
I don't think the word honor should be used in such a situation, since it is the exact opposite.
noun
noun: honor
- 1.
high respect; great esteem. - 2.
the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right.
