Cultural practices of occupation among the Bedia women: a case study of Habla hamlet of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh, India Online publication date: Wed, 02-Sep-2020
by Usha Rana; Diwakar Sharma
International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies (IJGSDS), Vol. 3, No. 4, 2020
Abstract: This paper discusses the cultural practices of prostitution as an occupation among the Bedia community. They involved in institutional prostitution from long ago. Qualitative and quantitative methods have been used to examine the source of authority and power to continue such deviant practices as an occupation. We also enlighten some factors behind the women's support to the system or justification of their natives to prostitution as a usual occupation. The analysis of data reveals that respondents consider their long history and experiences of prostitution as an ordinary occupation. They were forced to live like a nomadic group due to the relegation of the king from the kingdom. In colonial duration, British Government formatted law against them, and after the independent government still did not do something for them. Their traditional occupation has played a primary role in their survival, so Bedia managed a system to continue the tradition.
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