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.
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“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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