Women's Activism As Carework

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Anwary, A. (2003). ACID VIOLENCE AND MEDICAL CARE IN BANGLADESH. Women's Activism as Carework. Gender & Society, 17(2), 305-313. doi:10.1177/0891243202250851 This article discusses acid victims, the medical care they receive, and the aftermath of the sulfuric acid on a human. Such as it causes the skin tissues to melt, often leaving the bone exposed. Besides, men on women make a majority of the attack. Commonly the targets of the perpetrators are the face of the young women to destroy their appearances. Also, acid survivors are also victims of social isolation. The author emphasizes how the Western world holds an allegory that an acid attack takes place only in a developing country which is incorrect. Furthermore, as history tells us, it took