The act of prostitution has existed in India since centuries
have undergone change within its nature, intensity and issues concerning it.
Once, socio culturally sanctified prostitution is now have been reconstructed
and represented through language as a matter of undignified profession
eventually marginalizes a women in sex work from all Public Spaces.
The power
of culture and language of social morality instrumentalizes the body of women
which eventually denies them their most basic human rights on the pretext of
being indulged in Shameful activity. Shame constructed through social morality
has instrumentality to make women in sex work subservient to the desires of
Men. Caste is one of the determining factor when it comes to Ritualized prostitution.
Even though ritualized prostitution is illegal it is still prevalent. Castesystem as essentially being exclusionary tends to impose prostitution which issocially considered as Shameful on lower caste groups (as in the case of Jogins
of Andhra Pradesh) in such a manner that it eventually reinforces the dominance
of cultural traditions of which caste system is a part. Many lower caste
communities are forced to be in this profession in the name of traditional
culture (Like Nats in Rajasthan).
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