Jordan: 20% of women think their husbands should beat them if they disobey

Posted by Robert on November 25, 2008 4:33 PM

Stockholm Syndrome, based on [1] Qur'an 4:34. "Violence Against Women: Jordan, 20% Approve To Be Beaten," from [2] ANSAmed, November 25 (thanks to Insubria):

(ANSAmed) - AMMAN, NOVEMBER 25 - Around 20 percent of Jordanian women approve being beaten by husbands to discipline them, according to a survey conducted by the department of statistics that was published today. The study included nearly 15,000 families and 11,000 women who got married, said the report. Most of the respondents aged between 15 to 49 years old. Luck Steve, representative of UN Agencies which helped conduct the study, said measures must be taken to fight violence against women following surprising results of the survey. "The result of the survey shows we have work to do regarding state of women in the society and how they are being treated," said Steve.

...Every year between 15 to 20 women are killed in the name of honour, with killers receiving sentences for just a few months behind bars. (ANSAmed).


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/11/jordan-20-of-women-think-their-husbands-should-beat-them-if-they-disobey.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.034
[2] http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.WAM20163.html