QatariLady, with closing the curtains I mean 'keeping it in the dark and deny its presence. The worst thing you can do with an issue. Like homosexuality, ignored. Like criminality, kept out of the newspapers. Like prostitution, ignored. Like domestic violence, ignored. Like humanitarian crimes, ignored. This society is equally hypocrite as the western society, only on some levels differently.

The cycle of poverty is a term used to describe the odds of poor staying poor for generations on end. Only small percentage manages to climb out. Poverty drives people to extremes, it can be condoned, surely. What is better is to legalize it. You can monitor prostitutes, therefore control aids better, and you minimize illegal practices as legal outlets complicate criminality. Just like legalizing drugs, if it is legal less potential for crime. Do you have any idea how much Cocaine and Hash roams around in Qatar?