Prostitution is an enormously profitable industry dependent upon sexual trafficking where hundreds of thousands of girls from third-world countries are trapped or lured into the sex trade. In some countries up to one third of the prostitutes are under 20 years of age. Neither sweeping hookers off the street nor legitimizing prostitution addresses the fact that ever-larger waves of young girls arrive on the street to escape the abuse of their dysfunctional families. Those who view prostitution through a romantic haze, imagine it as a caring, benign interaction between two adults. But it s not.
Truth is, sex is innately and irrevocably the most intimate interaction between two human beings.
The essential human within us instinctively rebels against marketing intimacy. Making sex a market transaction inevitably leads to abuse of women and children. Making sex a commodity is degrading. Even the naked women hide their faces. Prostitutes have to develop mechanisms to distance themselves from intimacy.