Women are still victims of brutal assault in todays modern world. Most of them are attacked by their husbands and other male members of the family for reasons such as petty domestic altercations to more serious issues like bringing dishonor to the family. Violent assault in the form of acid attack is most common in many countries. An acid attack victim finds herself badly disfigured, blind, deaf and disabled. In most of the rural victims cases, the woman can no longer work or study, not due to her disabilities, but because of the perceived colossal dishonor she brings to her family. It is widely believed in the male-dominated society that the woman usually provokes the attack herself by her flirtatious behavior or indecorous outspokenness. Further, a single woman who has suffered this tragedy, as a rule, has no chance of ever marrying and will be seen as an eternal burden to her family. And in some cases, if the victim is a married woman, her life becomes even worse. Not only does she have to continue living with the perpetrator, who is usually the husband or a male family member, but in many cases, her children too refuse to have any further contact with her.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:44:00 +0000
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