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  1. A key element of cultures of honor is that men in these cultures are prepared to protect with violence the reputation for strength and toughness. Such cultures are likely to develop where (1) a man's resources can be thieved in full by other men and (2) the governing body is weak and thus cannot prevent or punish theft.

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  2. Culture of Honor Definition. A culture of honor is a culture in which a person (usually a man) feels obliged to protect his or her reputation by answering insults, affronts, and threats, oftentimes through the use of violence. Cultures of honor have been independently invented many times across the world.

  3. Todd K. Shackelford, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, 2912 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314, USA. Email: tshackel@fau.edu. Abstract: A key element of cultures of honor is that men in these cultures are prepared to protect with violence the reputation for strength and toughness.

  4. Summary. Honor is complex, deeply relational, and important in many cultures and social groups. A definition of honor as multifaceted and consisting of a set of interrelated honor codes, i.e., the honor-as-multifaceted approach to honor, is presented and discussed by Rodriguez Mosquera. This definition provides researchers the conceptual ...

  5. Jul 4, 2018 · Honor can be considered as a multifaceted construct. The honor-as-multifaceted approach is rooted in anthropological perspectives on honor. Anthropological research on honor has used a variety of methods (e.g., archival data, historical texts) to examine the role of honor in the belief and value systems, norms, traditions, and social relations of a wide variety of cultural, social, and gender ...

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  6. Though different, each of these specific behaviors has a common intent—clarifying roles and exhibiting integrity to protect reputation and rank in a social unit. These elements of honor are quite consistent across time (historical analyses, Nisbett and Cohen, 1996; contemporary analyses, Rodriguez Mosquera et al., 2002a; Cross et al., 2013 ...

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  8. Jan 1, 2021 · The presence of a culture of honor is commonly used to explain differences in aggressive behavior of men from different regions, countries, or societies. The most prominent example of these differences comes from the pioneering research program by Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen (1996). They compared male aggressive behavior in different US ...

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