Female Falcons: An Exploration of Feminine Honor in South Asian Communities

Honor is a very complex system of values, norms, and social practices that can be categorized under four themes. Each of the themes signifies specific qualities of honor. The current study presents a further exploration of the concept of feminine honor, by exploring the experience of feminine honor in individuals of South Asian descent. Participants were asked to define honor, describe honorable women, and to give anecdotes of “good” and “bad” experiences with honor a woman they know had. The present study aims to contribute to the literature on honor in two important ways. First, the present study collected data from an underrepresented population in research on honor. Second, the present study focuses on the understudied topic of feminine honor.