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“If you see woman who is always laughing, fond of gaming and jesting, always running to her neighbours, meddling with matters that are no concern of hers, plaguing her husband with constant complaints, leaguing herself with other women against him, playing the grand lady, accepting gifts from everybody, know that that woman is a whore without shame.” -The Perfumed Garden- One wonders what images appear in people’s mind when they hear the word “prostitute”. What would that word mean to different individuals? That, what kind of person is ‘a typical prostitute’ to them? The answers may vary since it is a very subjective question. Therefore, one yearns to search for their ‘identity’ inside the complicated labyrinth of myth and truth about them. To introduce different ways of seeing and helping people understand better about the complex mystery that surrounds them—prostitutes. Is there a difference between ‘whores’ and ‘sex-workers’? Or are these just terms created under the rules and regimes of ethics, morality, religion and state law created by men? As the essay goes deeper into the problems, one will realise how much society has contributed to prostitution in reality. And how much society has cont