The word prostitute' is defined in most dictionaries as a person, usually a woman, who has sex with someone, usually a man, for money' (Cambridge). In order to understand how they are socially constructed, one must look deeper into the definition of it than the dictionary provides. Hence, it is crucial to find out the root causes of prostitution, what causes women to jump into this vice' career and being called names such as fallen women', bad women', dirty', deviant' and disease carriers' "terms that the dictionary does not state "and receive unsightly gaze from the public. Or shall one ask reversely why they are called as such by the society? .
Prostitution' is often referred to as the oldest profession' (Sleightholme and I. Sinha, 1996). That even in historical periods prostitutes did exist, as women were sold off or exchanged in slavery markets. For example, in India in 1879, when it was under the British rule, many of the Hindu widows, lower caste women and children were sold by their parents during times of famine in Calcutta "red light area in India (Sleightholme and I. Sinha, 1996). Let's not forget to mention courtesans1 and concubines2 for men with power and money throughout the world. And the basic causes to all of these women's slavery, them being commodities or possessions of men, were rather uncomplicated. .
We have lived and are still living in a patriarchal society for many centuries. Control over female labour and female sexuality was a norm, an ordinary practice during the historical era. By separating men and women into different realms where the world of women is under-valued and insecure, women who have to support themselves and their families have limited resources to fall back on (Sleightholme and I. Sinha, 1996). In contrary, "men had more access to resources through economically productive skills, existing jobs and income, land and housing, which are frequently not available to women in times of crisis such as desertion or widowhood- (Sleightholme and I.