How Do You Explain "To Go To 'Bais'" Was A Social And Cultural?

Though the prostitution and the prostituting are still going on, yet it differs in so many ways from that of the old days, the function of this social institution in old days was like that of the theatre in Indian culture. The prostitutes of those days were in fact the dancing girls; they were not used as sex workers. Rather they were used for recreational purposes. The people went there to spend their time in pleasant company and came back in the evening to their homes. To get physical pleasure there was very rare in earlier times. The people who wished so were supposed to sacrifice their honour and name and accept them as their honour and name and accept them as their wives. It was very difficult to fulfill these aims underground. This recreational institution was a vital part of society, to some extent to go there had become a symbol of status quo.
Mushtari Bai is typical of them all. Her appearance, mind and manners have helped her win so many customers. The most dominant fear of Mushtari Bai's personality was the use of language. Their accents, their cadences and their manners were so reformed and apparently pure that the men were bound to feel manly in their presence the greatest and the strongest of all feelings in men. They posed themselves more womanly then they actually were. The use of verse was part of this whole process.