If a guy makes a comment about me—or even one of my friends or sisters—I’m happy to put him in his place with a few colorful words that would make Jack Sparrow blush. I’m sure many of you feel the same way. But in some countries, such an act on our part would be met with a bit of acid thrown in our faces.
It’s just like when you throw a glass of wine or water onto a guy and scream, “Pig!”—only, instead of wine, it’s burning chemicals that leave lifelong damage, and instead of being thrown on a man who made a comment about your knees being locked together, it’s tossed carelessly upon a woman who has “dishonored” her family—or who has even simply rebuffed an “admirer” (AKA stalker).
These attacks literally burn the woman’s face off, disfiguring facial tissue and even exposing or dissolving bones. Blindness and permanent scarring often result as well. Read more
