As stated by the organization South Black Sisters, attempts by politicians and government officials to argue that such crime is gender neutral, since men have been victims of honor killings and forced marriages” (Reddy 2008: 307-308). This is interesting because the definition provided earlier by Dogan only included women as victims of honor killings. Furthermore, “Sheikh 'Abdul Baqi Jammu, an Islamist senator, spoke out against the right of women to kill their husbands if they found out they were involved in extramarital affairs because female adulterers are worse than male adulterers” (Faqir 2001: 75 ) . Some government officials do not see that honor killings are discriminatory crimes against women, but it is a crime in which both men and women are punished. Other governments are starting to pass laws supporting women's rights. For example, in Jordanian society, “The Senate returned Article 340, which promotes pardon for honor killings, in a draft amendment to its Legal Affairs Committee to reconsider the wording, the majority of senators were in favor to the total cancellation of the article (Faqir 2001: 76). Article 340 is beneficial to women, because men who commit honor killings will be held more responsible for the deaths of women and may decrease the likelihood of this happening.