"to you privileged Americans'Yeah the U.S. is the ONLY country in the world where people consider prostitution "victim-less". "Do you people honestly believe that all those women who work there are a) willing b) of age c) not trafficked sex workers?'Actually in a licensed and regulated brothel in Vegas I DO HONESTLY BELIEVE all three of those.So let me clear this up. You are in favor of legalized prostitution right? Since it would alleviate all the problems you just described. Try reading some of the posts above like trobertson79's, posted over an hour before yours:"The crime is in the word "forced" not the word "prostitution". Forcing people to work in sweatshops is similarly a crime but it dosen't mean we should outlaw seamstresses.It would be harder to force people into prostitution if prostitutes had to be registered with the state, showing US citizenship or work Visa. Then the cops could simply demand to see the sex worker permit of every girl in a brothel and if trafficking was involved, they could swiftly bring justice.."