The concept of honour is socially, culturally and historically specific. Honour is sometimes a synonym for personal
integrity and is thus dependent on the individual’s actions, but it can also relate to the behaviour of a whole group: for
example, a family, a tribe, a religious community and so on. In »honour« cultures, the individual expects to bear responsibility for the behaviour of other members of the same interest group. In the context of patriarchal societies, this permit for
collective social monitoring coincides with the suppression of women. Every honour system is also reflected in language,
where the most interesting is the use of metaphors, with their accompanying facial expressions and gestures.
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