Making sense of honor culture - by Tove K - Wood From Eden
If a Western man had behaved like that, I would have been terrified. Western men who act entitled to women's bodies in such a flagrant way are norm-breakers and thereby potentially very dangerous. But there was nothing violent about Ali. He didn't even feign overwhelming passion. He just acted matter-of-factly, as if assaulting me was the most self-evident thing to do. As if it was his job to assault me and my job to push him away.
https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-honor-culture
