Abstract
The oldest known profession is often referred to as the prostitution and historical
traces provide evidence of its existence in different modes and shapes. Social
history, a sub discipline of the history provide a greater insight of how prostitution
has evolved as a social construct and with the advancement of the new technology
and ways of living prostitution has taken new modes and current study is an
attempt of find out new modes of prostitution that are prevalent in Lahore. The
study is based on mixed method design. The qualitative part of the study is based
on 20 in-depth interviews from the prostitution selected through purposive
sampling technique. the qualitative part of the study is based on exploratory
research design and qualitative analysis of revealed that escort individual, escort
agencies, massage centers, streetwalker and social networking sites are the new
modes that are prevalent in Lahore. The quantitative study is based on a sample
size of 270 prostitution selected through convenient sampling as there was no
sampling frame available. The quantitative research design is based on descriptive
research design and quantitative analysis show that most of the prostitutions are
involved into the new modes and have shifted from the traditional modes to the
new modes and trends of the prostitution.
Ahatashma Jan Butt, Arfan Latif, Naeem Qazi. (2021) A mixed method analysis of exploring new modes of the prostitution: A case study of Lahore, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, issue 4.
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