Acharya Prashant explains that prostitution is a direct consequence of a materialistic worldview that lacks spirituality. When the goal of life is material pleasure, a human being is reduced to a mere body rather than a seat of consciousness. He argues that if one does not respect consciousness, then the body is viewed as nothing more than a collection of elements like carbon and nitrogen, making it a commodity to be bought and sold like any other material good. In cultures where consciousness is not acknowledged, the body is treated as a piece of scrap metal or a product for trade, leading to the legalization and normalization of selling physical parts for a living. He further expands the definition of prostitution beyond the official trade, suggesting that any relationship based solely on physical attributes or material gain falls under the same category. For instance, if a husband and wife view each other only as bodies, or if a mother cares only for her child's physical well-being while ignoring their consciousness, it stems from the same root as prostitution. Even the act of obsessing over one's own physical appearance in a mirror is described as a form of self-prostitution because it reduces the self to a physical object. Acharya Prashant concludes that Vedanta is essential because it teaches that while the body is a fact, the truth of a human being lies beyond the physical. Without this spiritual understanding, human existence is inevitably reduced to various forms of prostitution, regardless of the respectable names society might give them.