QL, with all do respect that is the most naive post I have ever seen from your side.

1) Dignity of Human being, as long as they choose for prostitution and engage voluntarily, no problem.

2) Prostitution is one of the oldest professions on earth, somehow the demand/urge is 'natural' for some.

3) Illegal prostitution leads to more crime and underground prostitution where there is NO control over these ladies. It is not like you can apply a Doha-village approach to cities like Amsterdam/Paris/New York, it works different there. No CID to run behind each little incident.

4) Females dragged away from leading productive lives? A female that sells her body in order to feed her children, is not productive? I think your perception of reality is Doha-shaped.

5)Future generations - regardless of what the mother does the cycle of poverty is almost a fact, for many born in poverty reproducing children will mean putting their kids in a situation where poverty will equally be a fact of life. But the mother has no choice as kids are THE ONLY HOPE on survival when older. And the cycle continues.

Coming back to Doha-shaped-naivety, do you have any idea if there is prostitution in Doha? Do you have any idea what goes on in Doha nightlife among locals? Do you have any idea how many gays Doha counts? Your town, is no different from any other, the only difference.... the curtains are closed.