Abstract
ABSTRACT The existing psychological explanation of “honor killing” (HK) is inadequate. This paper aims to provide a more adequate psychological explanation of it. It does this by depicting the adaptive nature of it in patriarchal contexts. More precisely, it argues that HK is fueled by the emotional need to protect one’s honor, which allows the perpetrator to prove his/her allegiance to a key communal value and (thereby) avert community’s punitive measures. In making my argument I will provide successive discussions of: (a) factors causing the gradual enragement of an “honor killer”, (b) the connection between emotions of “honor” and “shame”, (c) the punitive consequences of shame, and (d) the connection between HK and mental and personality disorders.
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