Aadhiya System

Aadhiya System

Aadhiya System, is a system, most prevalent in India, where a sex worker is rented a room or apartment by a "mashi" or brothel keeper, usually on older retired sex worker, who charges the woman rent for the room based on her total earnings rather than at a fixed rate so that the mashi gets a share of the woman's earnings. ["Guilty Without Trial", by Sleightholme & Indrani (1996). ISBN ISBN 0-8135-2381-8]

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