The key research question is as follows: “What psychological motivation causes females to become suicide bombers?” Differences in motivations have been noted between various categories of terrorists. It would thus be insightful to determine the psychological factors that lead to female suicide bombing. In the past, it was always assumed that suicide bombers are unemployed men who have been indoctrinated into believing that they will receive rewards for their attacks in the afterlife by living in paradise. Therefore, the predominant profile has been: male, young, economically deprived, and religiously extreme. However, women have altered this perception because their emergence signifies shifting motivations. One’s motivation is tied to one’s …show more content…
This may be due to the loss of a close family relative, friend or loved one (Schweitzer, 2006). Therefore, this experience leads to psychological trauma that nudges them to embrace jihadist ideology. Many of them may be encouraged to do so in an attempt to seek social justice. Most terror groups operate in war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan, so it should come as no surprise that women would lose their husbands, brothers and family members from such wars. Since it is not possible to identify the exact assailants who killed or hurt their family members, some individuals may generalize their hatred to an entire race, community or country. It is this reason that informs the first secondary research …show more content…
However, they need to have certain experiences or backgrounds that cause them to resonate with the ideas touted by these terrorist groups. In other words, one ought to be psychologically predisposed to those ideologies. The radicalized version of Islam that sponsors female suicide bombers often researches the specific needs of its subjects before it enrolls them. Usually, if a person has certain social and economic issues they are dealing with, they can find solace in a religious group. In Jihadist thinking, one is given comfort concerning their personal predicaments. Even the possibility of reuniting with one’s lost ones may prompt a person into this kind of aggression (Speckhard and Akhmedova, 2006). Females are particularly unique because they have been stereotyped in many media channels as more inclined towards the personal. It will be critical to learn whether religious ideology is a significant enough motivation to turn them into human bombs. Some of them may be moved by martyrdom, so they may be so committed to their religious teachings that they are willing to go to the extreme; these reasons informed research question two (Jacque and Taylor,