Honor violence stems from immigrant integration conditions, not religion alone

Evidence

Korteweg and Yurdakul argue that economic and social forces, combined with the immigrant experience and the integration policies of the receiving countries, contribute to the gendered violence from which some Muslim women in the West suffer. Moreover, when the media focuses on cultural or religious explanations for honor-related violence, it fails to connect the victims of this violence to other victims of gendered abuse and violence. It is worth repeating that in EU countries, one in three women have suffered from physical or sexual assault. In the United States, one in five women have been sexually assaulted, and one in four have experienced violent abuse by an intimate partner. Domestic abuse, and even domestic murder, are realities affecting large numbers of women with a wide range of cultural and religious backgrounds. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 513

Categorization

• XREF: The economic-social explanation parallels the author’s recurring move of distinguishing a religious explanation from structural explanations for violence against Muslims. — connects to: Oppression does not confer virtue but breeds potential violence in victims — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 737; Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse; Domestic violence history predicts violence better than Muslim identity does. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Oppression does not confer virtue but breeds potential violence in victims #expands (0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 737
• Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse #contradicts (0.60)
• Domestic violence history predicts violence better than Muslim identity does. #corroborates (0.55)