While I agree with your comments on human trafficking, exploitation, and sex slavery folks, there is a considerable number of prostitutes who are neither slaves, exploited, nor trafficked.

Many prostitutes choose that way of earning a living because it is vastly more remunerative than stacking shelves at Sainsbury's, slogging away typing letters in an office, or cutting the hair of affluent middle class women.

It could be argued that these "prostitutes by choice" are in fact exploiting the poor sad bastards who come to them because they can't attract females. As to their being exploited by pimps, there too a reciprocal benefit exists, insofar as the girl is protected from assault by punters, at least to some extent.

Outside of the sex industry, one still needs to take a balanced view of the situation. Some of those Asian children are very unhappy about us deciding they shouldn't work, as in many cases they are a significant contributor to the finances which prevent their parents from starving.

It is a grave error to attempt to impose the customs and mores of one's own culture, upon a radically different culture, without considering the reasons why that culture exists in its current form.

Just a few thoughts to balance the argument.

Sometimes it isn't absolutely clear who is exploiting whom.

Don T.