Brothel

Something that I was impressed with in Brothel was the comradeship as was explained in the chapter of Sisterhood. Obviously a brothel, as anyone would expect, does have competition and animosity. The older prostitutes are hostile towards the younger ones, as the uglier members are hostile towards the prettier ones. Tanya (an older member) at one point warns a younger member of the weird noises of one of the customers just to warn her, even though she didn’t particularly like her. The author even feels at home at one point, which seems odd to anyone thinking of the idea of a bunch of prostitutes living together. In the Extended Family chapter, I think the camaraderie is shown even more, how the vendors, nail lady, bartender, and Bashful (the website man) get overprotective of the women. The bartender even admits to defending the women on multiple occasions. When the brothel got shut down everyone was saddened because that was their family and who could imagine being forced to separate from their family.