Some women attack and harm men who abuse them. Social norms, law, and films all participate in framing these occurrences, guiding us in judging them. This title shows that in representing "gender crimes," feature films have constructed a cinematic jurisprudence, training audiences in patterns of judgment of women (and men) in such situations.

Shedding light on central feminist themes such as victimization and agency, multiculturalism, and postmodernism, Kamir outlines a feminist cinematic legal critique, a perspective from which to evaluate the "cinematic legalism" that indoctrinates and disciplines audiences around the world. Bringing an original perspective to feminist analysis, she demonstrates that the distinction between honour and dignity has crucial implications for how societies construct women, their social status, and their legal rights. In "Framed", she outlines a dignity-oriented, honour-sensitive feminist approach to law and film.