AN INVESTIGATION OF SEXUALITY AND PROSTITUTION BASED ON JAYANTA MAHAPATRA’S "THE WHOREHOUSE IN A CALCUTTA STREET"

ABSTRACT

Prostitution is one of the world’s oldest known vocations, having existed since the birth of organised society, and also one of the most dangerous. Prostitution may be found in practically every nation and in every socioeconomic level. Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, as well as the associated evil of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, are incompatible with the intrinsic worth of the human being and endanger the well-being of the individual member, the family, and the entire society. Prostitution has previously been broadly defined as indiscriminate sexual encounters that are undertaken for monetary or in-kind recompense (or both). Prostitution should not be coupled with lovers’ unlawful sex unions; prostitution as a commercialized vice has been on the planet since antiquity, despite the fact that the organization of prostitution has never been recognized by the general public. Prostitution, which is India’s most important sector, has most likely survived the test of time since society first began to learn how to govern sex relationships via conventional marital frameworks thousands of years ago. In spite of the fact that it results in not only psychological disorganisation for the people involved, but also in disorganization of the home and the general public, society has failed to recognize it as such.

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