In a democratic country like India, each and every individual has the right of living life in the way they want to. People talk of Human Rights at lengths. Be it a smallest of issue people stand up to fight for Human Rights. It is that extensive that even the rights of the animals are fought for. But how many of us really talk about the rights of those females who are forced into the business of selling their bodies for earning a loaf of bread for themselves and their families. Talking about their life is a far off matter people don’t even find their life worth being respected.One of the major reasons of prostitution is trans-border human trafficking. Women and teenage girls are trafficked from remote areas and are sold in the flesh trade ultimately giving rise to prostitution. Usually, there exists a notion in the masses that women indulge in this business on their own wish. But this is not true on the larger whole. The girls doing this on their wish are not the ones who live in the brothels but mostly they are the girls staying away from their home on account of studying. They indulge in the business for meeting that extra expense that their parents refuse to provide them with or sometimes they even do it for just the fun of it.
On the contrary, the girls coerced in the trade are nipped in the bud. They struggle for every bit of air that they survive on and even sometimes go through severe torture that they can’t revolt against. The suffering doesn’t end here, they and their children are treated as untouchables by the society. Like every other mother they also wish to give a good life and education to their children but fail most of the time because they are not accepted by the society. Their kids end up living a similar life as their mothers do in search of respect and recognition.
This is really very tough to believe that we live in a society that can accept a father who rape his daughter but does not accept the daughter who is forced to sell her body to survive. Some people argue that prostitution should be legalized, as it is necessary for other women to live safe life. Otherwise the rape rate will rise beyond limits and the women of respected families will no longer be safe in the society. Does that mean we the people of so called respected families, we who make the society are so selfish that to protect our sisters and daughters we can put on stake somebody else’s daughter and sister’s life? Isn’t that inhuman?
Some NGOs demand legalization of prostitution. But does legalization by any means put a check on human trafficking, illiteracy or poverty?
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