Search Titles Subjects Organizations. Tangail brothel Bangladesh has had brothels for centuries that have gradually become part of the local culture. Some are residential, relatively uncrowded, with small rooms rented to individual women.
Others are crowded, with many small rooms housing three or more women together. Although not technically legal, brothel prostitution is regulated by the local authorities in Bangladesh.
Sex work is considered a blacklisted trade, and sex workers are highly denigrated by most members of society. This enables her to avoid arrest when working in the brothel. This system is supposed to ensure that only willing women who are at least 18 years old enter the brothels.
The system is ambiguous and recognizes prostitution, but does not make it legal. At the time of the baseline survey Sarkar et al.
At the time the lokh are present, their women do not take clients. Some women have permanent relationships and give up taking clients altogether, but continue to live at the brothel.
