| Title | : | This Highway is Home to MP's Dalit Sex Workers | The Quint |
| Duration | : | 09:43 |
| Viewed | : | 1,134,277 |
| Published | : | 08-03-2020 |
| Source | : | Youtube |
Who are the Bacchadas? They're a Dalit community classified as Scheduled Caste, living in India's heartland state of Madhya Pradesh – and they have a few unique characteristics: there are more women than men. Most women turn to sex work before they even turn 18. And most of them do not consider it a crime – believing that sex work has been passed down in their community, generation after generation...
1:40 Listen to Amala* speak about the story she heard as a child – "Centuries ago, ek koi lady thi... she was a dancer... it all originated with her."
4:55 Listen to Madhavi talk about how customers no longer want older women – "they ask for young girls, virgins."
5:40 Listen to Bacchada women talk about how "young girls are in demand because they do things we would never do...."
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