As I was browsing the internet I came across two interesting parallel, independent but related articles,

1.Legalize prostitution if you can’t curb it: SC to govt (Published in the Times of India)

2.Marriage versus prostitution (Blogged by Rahul Verma, a men’s rights activist)

Article #1 talks about the Supreme Court observing that,

“When you say it is the world’s oldest profession and when you are not able to curb it by laws, why don’t you legalize it? You can then monitor the trade, rehabilitate and provide medical aid to those involved,” Justices Dalveer Bhandari and AK Patnaik told Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam.

Whilst article #2 talks about the similarities between marriage and prostitution and also carries an analytical comparison of the two and the final outcome is that, the current context, prostitution outperforms marriage for men.

Now, the Supreme Court has been shouting at the top of its lungs about many things, but the Govt. hardly listens be it the case wherein the Supreme Court named the Section 498A as a tool of legal terrorism way back in May, 2005 but still the Govt. is not ready to scrap the section allowing it to be hijacked by fund chasing radical gender obsessed extremists, or the case where the Supreme Court passed a judgment under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution instructing the Govt. to implement police reforms but does the Govt. listen? Absolutely not.

So, it is very clear that even in this case the Govt. is not going to listen and will not legalize prostitution while marriage continues to be burden on Indian men (being worse than prostitution).

So what should Indian men do in such a situation?

Continue marrying and ruin their lives or stop marrying? Choice belies with them.