Prostitutions

Over centuries we have been living in a society which comprises people from different strata.The fundamentals which bring us into the social stratum are many.It can be caste, relegion, ethnicity, affluence, poverty so does our profession which earns us our livelihood.When we look back into history we find that, in all ages there have been a divide in the society based on the profession that people pursue.Prostitution have always been considered as an immoral profession by majority of us.Today we are talking about its legalisation.A bill is under conception and soon be presented in the parliament for decrimnalisation of prostitution.Now,the question is "Should prostitution be legalised in India?"
This subject is indeed debatable.There are proponents who say we must go for it.They say the bill, if passed would be a boon for those who are in this business because it will allow them to enjoy the freedom of living a life which is free from all nuances.The bill would provide legal recourse to them against all the evils of society.They will no more be exploited by their customers,pimps,and of course police.
On the other hand,there are some having opposite stand as they beleive legalisation of prostitution would help in expanding this 'immoral' business of renting body to earn money.Given the practical situation of police in India,their habit of exploiting people,are we sure that the existing system would be able to provide adequate security to them?even the opponents stand is pretty logical.But,the major question remained unanswered.
Should prostitution be given same treatment as other professions like engineers,doctors,teachers?
Before making any judgement,we should actually try to delve deeper into the issue.Let us assume that parliamentarians passed the bill,we would like to ask a question to ourselves and it is, if somebody wants to open a brothel in front of our home,would we take it casually.I strongly believe that most of us would not feel comfortable.But why?Because,we have been told since our childhood that this is unethical.Some would say,it's impact on our children can be dangerous.Some people say ok,legalise it but, like old days courtesans,let them live in an area which seggregated from the mainstream residential locality ,then there is no fear of somebody opening up a brothel in front of our house.Therefore, this kind of views ultimately converge to the point that somewhere in our mind,we think that prostitution is not like other profession.According to few prominent surveys,about 80-85% of people are in this business not because of their will but circumstances forced them to do so.We are not ready to accept them,major chunk of them are there unwillingly in this profession.Then what's the solution;how can we stop people from entering into this painful world?
First of all,we must be able to distinguish between 'free prostitution' and 'forced prostitution'.There can be various reasons behind forced prostitution.It can be domestic violence,poverty,unemployment,illetracy,and the most poignant is immoral traficking.Moreover,it's beleived that if a person's upbringing is not proper,if parents failed to inculcate proper moral values to their children then they are more likely to fall prey.As I already said majority of prostitutes are in the business unwillingly and only small chunk is pursuing it with free will.So the point is, if we can somewhow mitigate the number of people flowing into this world via the route of `forced prostitution' we can definitely make a difference.In my view, the way to bring such a change is to provide each and everyone in the society without regard of any discrimination with an equal opportunity towards literacy,employment,basic infrastructure,economic growth.Indeed, if we target to eliminate the root cause we can definitely bring them to the mainstream.I would suggest our parliamentarians that passing a bill would not suffice instead,we must identify the root cause of the problem and target the same at grassroot level.