The real question is the following: How can this world save many women from the leftover dangers of the 19th century. There is prostitution and forced marriage. Girls have their sex organs damaged after birth in some places. Little girl’s are sold away to slavery. Many husbands command the right to beat (and even kill) their wives.

Before creating elaborate legal frameworks for prostitution, dear congressmen and congresswomen, figure out how to stop this.

Dear Mr. Vamos, a powerful challenge. a very powerful challenge. Allow me to share a few similar experiences that reinforce your point before I return to your challenge.
As a young man living in my home town, I was exposed to young prostitutes working around bus stops. I knew what they were, and when they got close to me, I made it a point to move far away from them. They called me Mr. Goody Goody. I was child who had been basically raised in the Episcopal Church. How dare they call *me* an Episcopalian a goody goody! . When I worked long hours at an Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips fast food chain in Washington, D.C. I would get off the clock at 1 or even 2 AM some Sunday mornings. One such time I was peanut oily, and tired when approached by a young working girl, "Would you like to have a good time?" she asked. "No thanks, would you like to have a nice pie?", was my response as I had taken a few home with me. She was not interested, unfortunately. They were good pies, and I did not expect any thing in return! I hope she wasn't asking me for money! I had books and supplies to buy!!! Oh well. More pie for me!!! I was attending Howard University at the time, and I had been warned about the Managers of this restaurant. *They* did not last long with me, although I am sure they would tell you it was the other way around. I ended up earning my book money working under a Mr. Gray at a Red Lobster Restaurant in Suburban Maryland. It turned out to be a pretty cool Summer. Back to your point, *THAT* is where separation of Church and State exists. The types of social changes that you propose are extremely important and can not be legislated. Sanctions against such reprehensible behavior can be, but then there are victims and for those vicitms it is much too late. Our Holy Men AND Women, thank God, have to step into the breech and teach the Word. God Bless you and Keep you in Light, Love, Peace, and Laser Vision, Always. amen.

Legalizing prostitution is one of the ways to protect those engaged into it.

As far as freeing our societies of all types of abuses of women, it is for us - privileged to be a part of the 'respectable' society - to change our mind set as it is we who always discriminate against the women into flesh trade and let the males involed too go scotfree and enjoy their lives as 'respectable' citizens. I call it the worst form Hypocrisy ever practised on this Earth.

Legal frameworks are one way to protect women. They are, admittedly, not necessarily effective up front. They are one means to enforce protection where social mores expose individuals to unbearable hardship.

The only other way is education. There is no shortcut to civilisation. Liberation of men and women to live to like and mutually respect each other is slow and difficult. Social change evolves over time, not in one moment.

But if every individual makes an effort, it will make a difference.

I believe the crux of many pro-prostitution arguments is that until we legalize, we won't be able to do anything about the abuses. If the prostitutes had the law on their sides, they'd be safer.