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Sex Workers Defy Tradition: “Our Daughters Will Not Be Prostitutes, They Will Study.”

Sex Workers Defy Tradition: “Our Daughters Will Not Be Prostitutes, They Will Study.”

by The Daily Eye Team May 11 2016, 5:51 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

The Rajnat community relies on commercial sex work done by mothers, sisters and daughters to make ends meet. But these Rajnat women are determined their daughters will break free from this vicious cycle by gaining a proper education.
Is sex work, sometimes euphemistically referred to as “the world’s oldest profession”, really a profession? Over generations, the answer to this question hasn’t really changed. In popular public perception, sex workers continue to be seen as women who are either “immoral, criminal or carriers of sexually transmitted diseases,” or victims, who are trapped and exploited for their sexuality.

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