In the Douglas Jehl article, in Jordan, family honor is a culture that has strong ties among their beliefs. Many women from different parts of the world fear for their lives because family members threaten to kill them in the name of honor. In the United States, we hear of women being killed because of their current or ex-boyfriend or husband killing them for reasons other then "in the name of honor." In the U.S. many of these killings between spouses in particularly men against women, are acts that have significant trades towards immorality and non-cultural beliefs.
Many of these countries like Jordan influence family honor as a way to maintain a pure family name. Their beliefs are strongly infiltrated among their society. Killing women because of infidelity or having intercourse before the age of 18 are crimes that are considered as being "taboo." As a result, these crimes continue to occur. Because of this belief many people are not only forced to kill their family member, they are looked down upon if they hesitate to commit the act. According to this article not only does society carry out these beliefs within themselves; they are also assimilated throughout their school years. For example, in Jordan a biology teacher implied that "the female reproductive system and the entrance to the vagina is where the family honor lies." Similar "taboos" are known to exist in other countries like Iran. In the Erotomania, Culture, & the insanity defense article, the defendant in this case carried on his beliefs when he came to the U.S. in obsession with Maniji. The defendant beliefs felt that because in Iranian law if you"re thoughts in committing the crime "wasn't a bad thought" then it was not a wrong decision. In these countries the crimes that occur are simplified through laws that give no or minimum sentences towards these act of stalking or fatal domestic violence. .
In the U.S., the western culture we do not necessarily call these acts "taboos" but call them love/hate crimes.
