Role of Women
The Southern culture of honor also includes a notion that ladies should not be insulted by gentlemen. An insult to a woman's honor was enough to merit violent retribution against those, including the woman, responsible for the insult. Southern gentlemen are also expected to be chivalrous towards women, in words and deeds.
Although "culture of honor" qualities have been generally associated with men in the southern United States, women in this region have also been affected and even shown some of the same qualities. In Culture of Honor, it is stated that women play a part in the culture, both "through their role in the socialization process, as well as active participation." By passing these ideas along to their children, they are taking part in social conditioning.
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