Karo means “bad man” and kari means “bad girl”. The primary cause of deaths is due to women having illicit relationships with men. These relationships can be sexual or non-sexual. Whatever the type, women still pay a price for these “crimes”. Any type of relationship with a man that is not a woman’s husband is not moral (Patel and Gadit 685). What constitutes dishonor to families can be: “pregnancy out of wedlock, sexual misconduct, and marriage outside family approval” (Patel and Gadit 686). People commit honor killings because of other broader reasons. For example, women who demand divorces from their husbands, but cannot do so “elicit a karo-kari attack under a false pretext” (686). In poorer areas, when women become financial burdens, families use karo-kari as a way to gain wealth or inheritance from the victim. In this type of society, women are thought of as the property of their male relatives. Men have control over women and make sure that women are faithful virgins (689). If a woman violates or objects to these traditional values, she has dishonored the family and must be
Karo means “bad man” and kari means “bad girl”. The primary cause of deaths is due to women having illicit relationships with men. These relationships can be sexual or non-sexual. Whatever the type, women still pay a price for these “crimes”. Any type of relationship with a man that is not a woman’s husband is not moral (Patel and Gadit 685). What constitutes dishonor to families can be: “pregnancy out of wedlock, sexual misconduct, and marriage outside family approval” (Patel and Gadit 686). People commit honor killings because of other broader reasons. For example, women who demand divorces from their husbands, but cannot do so “elicit a karo-kari attack under a false pretext” (686). In poorer areas, when women become financial burdens, families use karo-kari as a way to gain wealth or inheritance from the victim. In this type of society, women are thought of as the property of their male relatives. Men have control over women and make sure that women are faithful virgins (689). If a woman violates or objects to these traditional values, she has dishonored the family and must be