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Born into Brothels - Plot
In the documentary Born into Brothels, Zana Briski is a photographer who takes photos of the lives of women in India and while on her job, got close to a group of children. She started teaching the group of eight children photography to see the world through their eyes. She used photographs to teach them by selecting photos they like or didn't like and analyze why.

The children express how they feel by talking about their future. Some children wonder what it would be like to leave and get an education. Some girls in the documentary worry that they will be like their mothers and become prostitutes. It seemed that even though some children are not from poor families, they are headed for prostitution (mother, grandmother, and great grandmother were prostitutes). The children witness their parents being violent with each other and with them, alcoholism, and drug abuse. Zana Briski wanted the children to attend good schools but soon started to realize that schools will not accept the children of sex workers. The parents of children cannot be criminals (prostitutes, dealing drugs, selling alcohol). Briski tries to put them in boarding schools by gathering all the documents they need like birth certificates, pictures, medical records, etc.

The children work to provide money for the family. They do dishes, mop floors, serve food and drinks, and collect money from men who come to drink. Their mothers and aunts tell them that they will soon be ready to do their job, meaning soon they will be old enough to become prostitutes and make even more money. The children in the documentary are not able to imagine a better future because all they have seen is poverty and no hope. Avijit, one of the boys in the documentary, says that there is nothing called hope in his future. He says this after his mother diedfrom a fire in the kitchen which her pimp set up. This depicts the hardships that the children of the brothels go through that lower their self-esteem and traps them in their world of poverty.

Social Structures
Poverty is socially structured in a way that the social classes replicate themselves. This means that most individuals who are born into poverty usually stay in poverty, just as wealthy individuals usually stay wealthy adults. This also means that because poverty is socially structured, there are certain individuals that are more susceptible to poverty than others like women. Furthermore, poverty has several scopes and the poor suffer in multiple ways. Women and children living in such poor areas are lacking access to food, adequate housing and health care. This is because their wages are low and therefore remain in these unsuitable environments. Even basic knowledge for parents is not available for them to raise a healthy family. All this leads to human deprivation that includes low survival chances, prostitution, domestic violence, and many more.

Association between Poverty and Prostitution
Prostitution and poverty are strongly associated. Because of the low potential for females in specific undeveloped countries, women turn to prostitution. Another reason why women may resort to prostitution is because of the low male earnings. Prostitution is higher in poor countries and lower in richer countries. This is evident in the documentary by showing how the lives of women and children are in poorer countries like India. One reason why women resort to prostitution is because of financial motives. This clearly confirms the relationship between poverty and prostitution. Women in poor areas resort to prostitution to make money and has become their way of survival. Prostitution is a profitable occupation that women choose to do as a way of living. Other factors include unemployment, young and homeless women, or following the footsteps of their mothers. This is also evident in the documentary of how some of the girls knew they would have to be just like their mothers one day because their mothers/aunts would not let them go to school.