Prostitution is not necessarily the profession of choice exclusive to the destitute. A high-earning population doesn't guarantee the eradication of prostitutes; if at all, the price of their services will just go higher. For that matter, having a well-educated populace doesn't help either. For as long as there are willing clients (MEN!) out there, there will always be girls willing to work for the easy buck. And that is their business and nobody else's. It is not our place to judge nor to condemn nor to moralize.
The government (or the church) is NOT the moral agent on whom we should entrust our country's prostitution problem. The best they can do (and I hope they strictly enforce it) is to regulate the activities of this business. For one thing, child prostitution should be illegal at all costs and the clientele/patrons should be severely punished to the fullest extent of the law. Also, health requirements should be put in place. We can not stop them - that's for sure - so let's at least make sure they are not carriers of STDs.
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