Acharya Prashant explains that prostitution is a direct consequence of a materialistic worldview and a lack of spirituality. When the goal of life is limited to material pleasure, the human body is reduced to a mere commodity that can be bought and sold. He argues that if one views themselves and others only as physical bodies rather than as consciousness, then the body becomes no different from scrap metal or any other material good like carbon or nitrogen. He asserts that the body only becomes sacred when it is recognized as the seat of consciousness; without this recognition, there is no logical reason to respect it more than any other object.