%0 Journal Article
%T Identity and Other: Women and Transgender Sex Workers in Karnataka
%A Skylab Sahu
%J Sociological Bulletin
%@ 2457-0257
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0038022918819366
%X Indian society is multicultural in nature, the diverse socio-cultural and the political factors operating within the society usually create some sort of norms, establish dominance, identify normality and simultaneously create the ¡®other¡¯. The other is not a monolithic singular identity, rather it is multiple identities associated with caste, class, gender, religion, etc. The female gender is entangled to multiple layers of power/powerlessness that makes a group of women more vulnerable than the other. While some like sex workers face exclusion because of their disclosed identity, non-recognition of any particular identity can further exclude a group of people. This article analyses how identity formation is an out product of social, political and legal construction. It explains the process through which the state contributes towards social exclusion pertaining to gender, work and sexuality
%K Identity
%K recognition
%K transgender
%K sex worker
%K law and discrimination
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038022918819366