Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution
This research investigates the factors driving highly educated women into prostitution and examines the impact of this profession on their lives. Using a qualitative methodology, five in-depth interviews were conducted with women holding master’s degrees or professional qualifications, including MBBS, who have worked as prostitutes for over two years. The study reveals that while prostitution offers benefits such as flexible working hours and client autonomy, it leads to significant socio-cultural and economic consequences. These women experience social isolation, emotional desolation, and cultural stigma, even if they are above the poverty line. The research underscores the lack of societal and policy understanding of the complex factors contributing to prostitution, which remains a taboo subject shaped by male-centered narratives.
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Feminist Perspective, High Education, Pakistan Prostitution, Women
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(1) Atifa Nasir
Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Women Studies, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Nazia Mashal
MSc Student, Department of Gender and Women Studies, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Nasir, A., & Mashal, N. (2019). Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution. Global Regional Review, IV(I), 537-545. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).57
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CHICAGO : Nasir, Atifa, and Nazia Mashal. 2019. "Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution." Global Regional Review, IV (I): 537-545 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).57
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HARVARD : NASIR, A. & MASHAL, N. 2019. Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution. Global Regional Review, IV, 537-545.
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MHRA : Nasir, Atifa, and Nazia Mashal. 2019. "Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution." Global Regional Review, IV: 537-545
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MLA : Nasir, Atifa, and Nazia Mashal. "Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution." Global Regional Review, IV.I (2019): 537-545 Print.
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OXFORD : Nasir, Atifa and Mashal, Nazia (2019), "Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution", Global Regional Review, IV (I), 537-545
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TURABIAN : Nasir, Atifa, and Nazia Mashal. "Navigating Dual Realities: An In-depth Look at Highly Educated Women in Prostitution." Global Regional Review IV, no. I (2019): 537-545. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).57