This article highlights the comparison between the freedom of sex workers and sexual freedom within marriage.Development as Freedom: Theoretical FrameworkWho are the sex workers? And where do they come from? Sex workers are generally women already overwhelmed by other elements of social marginalization. They are mostly illiterate, have limited economic opportunities and low social status. Women belonging to scheduled castes and tribes are more represented among sex workers (particularly devdasis and women from the Nat and Bedia tribes, communities traditionally excluded from mainstream Brahminical society), while a significant proportion of women are those who were abandoned, widows. or victims of violence. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women and children are kidnapped, apostatized, seduced or sold into forced prostitution, forced to harbor hundreds or even thousands of men before being rejected. These trafficked sex slaves form the backbone of one of the highest paying and most lucrative illicit businesses in the world and generate immense astronomical profits for their exploiters, because unlike narcotics, which must be grown, harvested, refined and packaged , sex slaves do not require such “treatment,” and can be perpetually “consumed.” Reports indicate there is evidence of men breaking into the shelter and sexually abusing inmates. It indicates that several detainees have been held there illegally for months despite court orders ordering their release. Women who can grease the palms of the superintendent are released; others simply languish in inhumane conditions. The report concludes that the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) "has neither the heart, nor the will nor the know-how... middle of paper ... where women are able to manipulate their personal environment by controlling their environment. material and social resources. At the same time, studies in patriarchal contexts in India and Bangladesh have observed that other factors that traditionally conferred power on women, such as the number of sons they bore or the amount of their dowry, also protected women from physical violence (Jejeebhoy and Cook 1997; Rao 1997; Schuler et al. 1996). Although studies have examined the links between aspects of women's empowerment and physical violence, few have examined their links to women's experiences of forced sex within marriage. Available studies show that even if the level of education reduces the risk of being a victim of forced sex, employment seems to increase this risk). Comparison between sex workers and married women. Conclusion