https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article12157.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article12157.html 2022-03-25T20:21:16Z text/html en Piyali Sur, Stuti Chakraborty <p>Abstract <br class='autobr' /> This article is an inquiry into the lived experience of nine women in prostitution, their feelings of alienation from their bodies as well as feelings of empowerment and control. The focus is on the strategies used by women prostitutes to distance themselves from their bodies while selling sex and how they reconnect with their bodies. <br class='autobr' /> Keywords: prostitutes; estrangement; beautification. <br class='autobr' /> __0__ <br class='autobr' /> Introduction <br class='autobr' /> Though all women are reduced to their sexualized bodies, the (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique121.html" rel="directory">2022</a> https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article11692.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article11692.html 2021-10-22T23:52:35Z text/html en Piyali Sur <p>Abstract <br class='autobr' /> This article looks at how online dating apps provide opportunities to women to ‘take charge' sexually but within a wider context of persistent coercion and inequality. <br class='autobr' /> __0__ <br class='autobr' /> Introduction <br class='autobr' /> Dating applications, primarily navigated by young adults, have emerged as a new platform to connect and form relationships that may be romantic or sexual, committed or casual in our consumerist society. Tinder, launched in India in 2016 is the most widely used app with 100 million users at (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique120.html" rel="directory">2021</a>