many business enterprises ruin people physically and mentally and we allow them to continue.
many people work only to support children–why would we deny prostitutes the right to pursue their chosen trade? Is it irrational to work for 180 an hour versus 8 an hour and take on more risk and more emotional drain, esp. when you ahve no other skill or trade, and a family to support?
and there are many prostitutes who are not “ruined” mentally or physically, just as the majority of drug users are not ruined mentally or physically.
I guess i’d need more data on the “ruination of male and female prostitutes.
eliot spitzer’s prostitute seemed to be doing better than most of us.