Having your face disfigured and burned in a matter of seconds is not what any woman has in
mind as a consequence when they refuse to go on a date with a man. Sadly, this form of
violence or “Acid Throwing” is happening in the gender-stratified or “Caste” system countries.
The intent of this essay is to inform the reader what acid throwing is; how and why it happens
and provide several facts about this crime. Hopefully, one of these organizations will assist
these women who have been victimized, and hopefully they can lead a normal life. This is a
horrific act occurring overseas in countries such as: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, India,
and Afghanistan. Nitric, hydrochloric, or sulfuric acids are thrown into someone’s face and it
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The victims’ ages range from under ten to approximately thirty. It happening to very young
girls that are just maturing. Most of the victims are young. According to newspaper reports in
Bangladesh, in the nine-month period following April 1998, of 174 victims of acid attacks ten
were girls under ten years of age, 79 were young women between 11-20 years of age, and 20
were women between 20-30 years of age. Other members of the family and bystanders have
also been harmed when they were in the vicinity of the intended victim during an attack (2).
Criminologist Casey Jordan mentions "it's usually a way of controlling women, especially
women who have spurned advances.