Just read that parents disowned their 8 year old daughter because she was gang raped in the USA.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8168480.stm

If someone raped my child, I would seek out the sicko and destroy him.  Why aren't the parents of this 8 year old daughter reacting in the same way?

Someone told me that in some cultures, women and daughters are treated as property.  If they are raped, they lose their value for marriage.  They also bring shame to the family honour.  Thus, there's no reason to keep them around.

I'm not satisfied with this answer.  If someone violated a  property of mine, like burnt down my home, I'd find the punk and break his skull.  So even if women / daughters are treated as property, and the property is violated, shouldn't the owner's natural reaction to destroy the fucker who did it?  If someone tarnishes my family name, I'd seek retribution.

If a gang armed with AK47s walked into a village and raped all the women and daughters, and families react by disowning their wives and daughters, and even stoning them to death, what is left of the village?   If evil men want to destroy the village, just rape all the women, and let the families complete their own destruction by killing their own family members.

I don't understand the practical value of disowning raped daughters and wives.

**I realize why parents would disown.  A child is a hungry mouth to feed.  If a raped child is valueless, then she becomes a burden to the family provider.   Disowning a raped child is a way to cut costs.