Bangladesh’s dark brothel steroid secret

by MARK DUMMETT

It is a vast brothel, where 800 women and girls lead painful and degrading lives, in the otherwise pleasant town of Tangail, a place of flowering trees and atmospheric old bazaars, a couple of hours drive from the capital Dhaka.

“I used to have small breasts but they are now bigger and my hips are larger too…demand for me has risen,” she says.

“I don’t worry about the health risks because I have a son. I take Oradexon and I have good customers and I have made quite a good future for my son.

“If I die because of taking Oradexon I won’t have any remorse because my son is all set,” she says.

But not everyone here has the freedom to choose. The brothel is controlled by a group of madams, who used to be prostitutes themselves.

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