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For the drama, see The Family Honor.

Family honor is the feeling or pride a person has for his or her last name, whether for the history behind it, the achievements their ancestors had done, or the region or homeland they are from. It may count as a type of religion for some individuals who work and live to preserve their family's culture for dignity in public. The belief vary in many varieties. From casual respect to extremists. Due to its variety and spread, the official date for the start of family honor could not be dated. Some believes it came out the same time as family name did.

Honor & It's History

Honor is a dynamic and relational concept. An individual can think of himself or herself as honorable based on his or her belief that she embodies the qualifications that a group values as "honorable". Honor is also the esteem in which a person is held by the group the individual considers as significant. The group's recognition that the individual is a valuable member of that group that's needed. (25)

Honor could be attached to a person from birth or grants bestowed by people of higher status and power. A person's parental lineage became a starting point for a person's honor. David A. DeSilva states in his book Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity quoted Ben Sira "A person's honor comes from his father." (28)

Gender Roles

In the ancient world, women and men have different roles for the preservation of honor and different standards for honorable activity. Men take on an honorable role outside of the home in public while women are told to maintain their honor within the privacy of their home. When out in public, women are told to avoid conversations with other men. They should only visit places frequented by women and become an "extension of 'private' space".

Reasoning for the designation of women to private and/or nonmale areas comes from the ancient tradition of a woman's place in the world. Women are not seen as independent individuals, but rather extensions of their male counterparts' identity and honor. (33)

Group Values

Focus on ancient people on honor and dishonor means that individuals were particularly oriented toward the approval and disapproval of others. This means that individuals were more likely to behave like others within the groups that were considered honorable. Groups will use considerations of what honorable and shameful to reinforce these ideas of what behavior and goals should be pursued for the members. This discourages the members from any activities that may hinder the group's survival. In the event that the leader of the group promotes actions that do not appear honorable on a larger societal scale then the leader with offer some explanation as to their course of action leading to where honor lasts forever. (35)

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 '''Family honor''' is the feeling or pride a person has for his or her last name, whether for the history behind it, the achievements their ancestors had done, or the region or homeland they are from. It may count as a type of [[religion]] for some individuals who work and live to preserve their family's culture for dignity in public. The belief vary in many varieties. From casual respect to extremists. Due to its variety and spread, the official date for the start of family honor could not be dated. Some believes it came out the same time as [[family name]] did.
+==Honor & It's History==
+Honor is a dynamic and relational concept. An individual can think of himself or herself as honorable based on his or her belief that she embodies the qualifications that a group values as "honorable". Honor is also the esteem in which a person is held by the group the individual considers as significant. The group's recognition that the individual is a valuable member of that group that's needed. (25)
+Honor could be attached to a person from birth or grants bestowed by people of higher status and power. A person's parental lineage became a starting point for a person's honor. David A. DeSilva states in his book ''Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity'' quoted Ben Sira "A person's honor comes from his father." (28)
+==Gender Roles==
+In the ancient world, women and men have different roles for the preservation of honor and different standards for honorable activity. Men take on an honorable role outside of the home in public while women are told to maintain  their honor within the privacy of their home. When out in public, women are told to avoid conversations with other men. They should only visit places frequented by women and become an "extension of 'private' space".
+Reasoning for the designation of women to private and/or nonmale areas comes from the ancient tradition of a woman's place in the world. Women are not seen as independent individuals, but rather extensions of their male counterparts' identity and honor. (33)
+==Group Values==
+Focus on ancient people on honor and dishonor means that individuals were particularly oriented toward the approval and disapproval of others. This means that individuals were more likely to behave like others within the groups that were considered honorable. Groups will use considerations of what honorable and shameful to reinforce these ideas of what behavior and goals should be pursued for the members. This discourages the members from any activities that may hinder the group's survival. In the event that the leader of the group promotes actions that do not appear honorable on a larger societal scale then the leader with offer some explanation as to their course of action leading to where honor lasts forever. (35)
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