The Jahangirnagar Review

'Life of Uncertainty': Encounter of Childhood in the Brothel

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Md. Sazzadul Alam
Md. Mossabber Hossain
Rasheda Akhtar

Abstract

The children living in brothels are susceptible to a range of risks. Some risks are from the physical location of the brothels; some are  constructed/caused by children themselves, their mothers and the brothels, and; some are risks constructed/caused by the outside community, broader society, outside institutions like police, political leaders, and the government. In this situation, childhood in the  brothel is not adorable rather it is more despicable for the brothel children. They have to face multiple heinous circumstances like accommodation hazard, drug addiction and business, psychological depression, child marriage or weapon of local politics in their  juvenescence period which is socially constructed. This process make them untouchable for the mainstream society as well as  hindering for their own future life.

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Md. Sazzadul Alam, Jahangirnagar University

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka

Md. Mossabber Hossain, Jahangirnagar University

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka

Rasheda Akhtar, Jahangirnagar University

Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka