ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the ways sex workers manage relationships with parents and children. It argues that despite stigma, sex workers are not completely excommunicated and marginalized. Rather, they are able to maintain relations and fulfill their responsibilities toward family members. Contrary to the image of third world sex workers as victims, the informants were not utterly helpless, rather they used various strategies to secure their children's future, find emotional contentment in motherhood, and play the role of responsible daughters. This chapter argues that even though sex workers have rarely been identified as individuals with histories and social relations in a southern setting such as Bangladesh playing their roles in multiple subjectivities is central to their lives.
