Read the whole thing.
This part is especially observant.
"Although its hold on western life today is fragile, a sense of honour is not entirely moribund in our culture. Honour codes still flourish in the military, for example. We are not always able to articulate what honourable behaviour consists in, but we usually have an instinctive grasp of what constitutes “dishonourable” behaviour."
"Honour, Bowman says, is sex-specific. Male honour is
rooted in physical courage; women’s honour is rooted in sexual modesty.
Men are ashamed to be called out for being cowards; women are ashamed to
be called out for being sluts. Morality is usually a private affair.
But, as Alexis de Toqueville wrote, “Honour acts solely for the public
eye.”
"Before the personal became the political, we made a firm
distinction between public and private behavior, and as a collective, we
only judged public actions. Today that line is almost utterly
obliterated."
