It’s all about culture… In Palestinian society men “own” their wives. Girls are brought up believing they are the property of men and must obey their orders. If they don’t, well, honor killings in Gaza since the Hamas takeover have risen exponentially.
By the way, as the article notes, there are no Islamic texts that condone violence against women. This is culture, folks. A culture of violence.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/193726#.VSLvoVwbCt8
Around 45,000 years ago, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Neandertals lived in a cave that archaeologists call Shanidar Cave. One of the interesting things about the Neandertal skeletal remains is the violence demonstrated by crushed skulls and stab wounds. Keep in mind, it was a cold and forbidding, and hostile, world 45,000 years ago. Neandertals faced not only the encroachment of modern humans but some big–and we mean big–predators. Saber-toothed cats and dire wolves that make “Ghost” in Game of Thrones look puny in comparison. http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/150420152