12.20.2023 - By Stanford Storytelling Project
When Navya AgarwalI travelled to Rajasthan to demistify the phenomenon of ancestral prostitution—a unique form of sex work that is embedded in community, and inter-generational
legacy—she expected to document a distant reality. Instead, she was confronted with deeply personal questions about morality, gender, and family history. In this episode, she attempts to answer the question: Is ancestral prostitution normal? And if something is normal, does that make it right?
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to prostitution, minors, and sexual exploitation.