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Honor suicide", see Honor suicide (disambiguation) .1Honor suicide is a process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of any immoral actions, for example having had extra-marital sexual relations.2There are also documented cases in where other person/-s has pressured a victim to kill himself/herself to avoid penalties for murdering him/her in an honor killing ; this practice is known as forced suicide . A recent phenomenon of honor suicides occurred in Turkey and a special envoy for the United Nations named Yakin Erturk was sent to Turkey to investigate a number of suspicious suicides amongst Kurdish girls in a Kurdish area of southeast Anatolia, which is poor, rural and deeply influenced by conservative culture. The envoy was quoted by The New York Times as saying that some suicides appeared in Kurdish-inhabited regions of Turkey to be "honor killings disguised as a suicide or an accident." Dan Bilefsky (July 16, 2006).3
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Honor suicide is a process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of an immoral action, such as having had extra-marital sexual relations or defeat in battle.It is distinguished from regular suicide in that the subject is actively deciding to either privately or publicly kill themselves for the sake of restoring or protecting honor .Some honor suicides are a matter of personal choice and are devoid of any cultural context.Japan has a long history of suicide in its culture.Seppuku is a type of ritual suicide that was practiced by samurai to avoid capture.During World War 2, both Banzai charges and Kamikaze attacks were suicidal types of attacks used against the enemy.Suicides in Japan are also often used to atone for wrongdoing.
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Honor suicide is a process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of an immoral action, such as having had extra-marital sexual relations or defeat in battle. It is distinguished from regular suicide in that the subject is actively deciding to either privately or publicly kill themself for the sake of restoring or protecting honor . Some honor suicides are a matter of personal choice and are devoid of any cultural context. Japan has a long history of suicide in its culture. Seppuku is a type of ritual suicide that was practiced by samurai to avoid capture. In World War II , both banzai charges and kamikaze attacks were suicidal types of attacks used against the enemy . Suicides in Japan are also often used to atone for wrongdoing.
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Aspect of suicide For other uses, see Honor suicide (disambiguation) .Honor suicide is a type of suicide whereby a person kills themself to escape the shame of an immoral or dishonorable action, such as having had extra-marital sexual affairs, partaking in a scandal , or suffering defeat in battle. It is distinguished from regular suicide in that the subject is actively deciding to either privately or publicly kill themself for the sake of restoring or protecting honor . Some honor suicides are a matter of personal choice and are devoid of any cultural context. Japan has a long history of suicide in its culture. Seppuku is a type of ritual suicide that was practiced by samurai to avoid the shame of being held prisoner.In World War II , both banzai charges and kamikaze attacks were suicide attacks used during the Pacific War .Suicides in Japan are also often used to atone for wrongdoing and self-disappointment.
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Aspect of suicide For other uses, see Honor suicide (disambiguation) . Honor suicide is a type of suicide whereby a person kills themself to escape the shame of an action they consider immoral or dishonorable, such as having had extra-marital sexual affairs, partaking in a scandal , or suffering defeat in battle. It is distinguished from regular suicide in that the subject is actively deciding to either privately or publicly kill themself for the sake of restoring or protecting honor . Some honor suicides are a matter of personal choice and are devoid of any cultural context.
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process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of any immoral actions
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type of suicide whereby a person kills themself to escape the shame of an action they consider immoral or disho
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