I hear you Genau but where are the "honour killings" - an oxymoronic phrase given to us by the oppressors - in chav culture - trailer trash etc in the States? They still kill women but not for those reasons, and most importantly not supported by local codes of morality. Bullying and misogynist violence are the same worldwide, I agree, but to have a culture that clings to teachings that permit this kind of thing, just makes it way worse. Of course women get beaten up in chavland, in the trailer parks and tower blocks of every country, but at least they usually don't have the state and the religious authorities backing up that violence. Abuse is abuse, bullying is bullying, but when it occurs in cultures - and I'm not talking about religions, because atheist China suffers as much, not least with female infanticide - then that is surely something we need to note and address. To ignore that fact - read the link I posted above about the murdered girl fed brandy by her family, and yet no-one believed it, for CULTURAL reasons - is to act like poverty doesn't contribute to disease, AKA it ignores prime underlying factors. JMO, peace.