The Dark Reality: Sex Workers
After reading " I Am What I Am: A Memoir " by Sunitha Krishnan garu, I realized how limited my understanding was regarding sex workers. I always used to wonder, so many developed countries have legalized organised prostitution, right? So why doesn’t India think along the same lines? At least HIV would be controlled. However, after reading this book, I realized how small that line of thinking was and what level of idiotic idea it is in the Indian context. I didn’t just gain a new perspective, I found answers to many questions I’ve been carrying around. Let me walk you through some of them. 1. Victim vs Survivor: One thing that hit me hard was this idea of what society thinks a "victim" should look like. Sunitha garu talked about how people expect victims to behave in a certain way, hide their faces, be broken, and be full of shame. Only then do people feel sympathy. But if someone shows strength, if they carry themselves with dignity, suddenly the sympathy disappears...