Indian Sex Workers Study Karate (VIDEO)

The BBC reports that sex workers in southern India have responded to abuse and mistreatment by taking up a new skill: karate. There are reportedly nearly 3 million sex workers in India. "A thug once stripped me of my clothes and told me to run naked," one sex worker told the BBC. "From now on, I think nobody can do that to me. I will kick him."

The women say they were so fed up with abuse that they approached a local community group for help.

The organisers hope the course in the ancient self-defence technique sends a message that violence against sex workers must stop.

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Comments

[czs5056]

01:44 PM on 07/10/2009

lets just hope that they don't charge more money now

[Copeword]

08:17 PM on 06/10/2009

Anything that makes them safer sounds good. Plus, karate is fun.

[paganmist]

08:08 PM on 06/10/2009

Way to go! I think anyone in the sex work industry should not only learn karate but pack heat. Sex and sex workers get a bad rep in most places because of puritanical views on the human body. They deserve respect!

[Knowledgeseeker]

07:58 PM on 06/10/2009

way to go.

[barrycourage]

07:26 PM on 06/10/2009

The self-defense training is an excellent idea--self-preservation and enterprise.

They can now offer domination and S/M.

[bobbyperu]

06:49 PM on 06/10/2009

Looks like these gals can work for Dolemite.