Women attempt to drag a reluctant man into their ramshackle hut in Dhaka’s Kandupatti brothel.

What may seem like a violent scene, is often carefully planned and staged to scare a client who may have walked into a brothel first time. Later they gather, joke about it laughing out loudly and share what they manage to snatch from new men. 

At a paltry 20-50 Taka per client, it takes 20 or so customer a day for women at the Kandupatti to make ends meet, and competition for client is fierce
Kandupatti brothel, Dhaka. (image by Shehzad Noorani)
Women attempt to drag a reluctant man into their ramshackle hut in Dhaka’s Kandupatti brothel. What may seem like a violent scene, is often carefully planned and staged to scare a client who may have walked into a brothel first time. Later they gather, joke about it laughing out loudly and share what they manage to snatch from new men. At a paltry 20-50 Taka per client, it takes 20 or so customer a day for women at the Kandupatti to make ends meet, and competition for client is fierce Kandupatti brothel, Dhaka.
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