"Most of the men that come here are not good. But everyone hopes they might get lucky like me," she said.

Most of the girls, however, don’t find luck, or love, in this hardscrabble corner of Indonesia. Some come from villages in West Java, trading in their headscarves for tight jeans, dyed hair, and a penchant for flirting. They often send money back to their poor family members.

The guests at these brothels are almost always working class. Most come from the hundreds of factories in the area. The girls charge anywhere from $5 to $20 for their services, which take place in the cafes' dark corners, or at nearby hotels.

The factory workers arrive mostly in the evenings after the whistle blo...

"Most of the men that come here are not good. But everyone hopes they might get lucky like me," she said.

Most of the girls, however, don’t find luck, or love, in this hardscrabble corner of Indonesia. Some come from villages in West Java, trading in their headscarves for tight jeans, dyed hair, and a penchant for flirting. They often send money back to their poor family members.

The guests at these brothels are almost always working class. Most come from the hundreds of factories in the area. The girls charge anywhere from $5 to $20 for their services, which take place in the cafes' dark corners, or at nearby hotels.

The factory workers arrive mostly in the evenings after the whistle blows, and sometimes during lunch, making their way down the forbidding road, piled two or three or four on motorbikes. They'll get drunk and often rowdy, twisting around on the dance floor before finally choosing a girl.

Lina, a veteran here, sits cross-legged, protecting her feet from the mud, techo music thumping from the speakers. Her face is dripping with make-up. Her chest spills out of a tight pink shirt.

"We all have our targets," she says. "A certain amount of money a month, certain amount of freedom and to meet a man that can take care of us. But it's rare. I just got lucky."