We don’t need to argue or be idealistic. We need to look at the things from the practical point of view and face the reality. That is a lot better than hiding our faces in the sand and all is heard from us is farts. It is not also a shame that we said “No” before for something some other time based on certain circumstances and now we change our mind and say " Yes" to deal ideally with a changing reality.
It is well known that men are more sexually oriented than women. Add to that the harder and harder financial and economic status that is stressing everybody and decrease the number of those who can afford marriage. Add to that the inability for a man and woman to live together without marriage unlike the western world. Add to that the sudden invasion of the monster -the cyber pornography- to every single home that has a computer and net connection. Add to that the effect of that monster on the layman sexual constitution to the degree that variant sexual behaviors that were not even known before are now discussed in public. Current sexually active wives are now shouting out loud. There is too much imposition by men on women in the bedroom to do unfamiliar unusual stuff that did not exist before. If you dont believe me go spend sometime in a family Court. Well, every man wants to try what he daily seeing on the screen. But it is really unfair, to marry a well raised girl from a good family and force her to do crazy stuff that you see on the internet.
Based on this data I summarized here it is really stupid to ban supervised prostitution in the Arab world. Please consider that sex per se is not the sole motivation to marriage and sexual relief without marriage will not decrease the number of marriages or stop the motivating factor.
I can hear you talking about humanity and dignity, right? How about those servants (maids) that most Egyptian families hire just to do the dirty work. Is that considered human and dignified? How about those category of people whose main and only job is to work in sewage, whose only work all the day everyday is cleaning you shit ( excuse me for the lack of the effective proper word). Is that human and dignified work. How about what the United Stated do by permitting the entrance of illegal immigrants and keep their condition of residence illegal so they can accept the most humiliating dirty work that the American man do not accept. Is that human and dignified work.
In all times and all places there has always been a superior job and inferior job depend on the person potentials and qualifications. Prostitutes are generally lazy butt. They are willing to sacrifice a lot just to have a hundred dollars for an hour work and enjoy the rest of the day than to have less than that from doing hard work all day long. Meanwhile they will act as a social safety valve; Primarily for those men who can not afford marriage at these circumstances. Secondarily, for those fragile marriages where sex is the main issue, and that is to save the family and the children.Tertiary, to spare the society that increased number of sexual crimes and high divorced rate. Now you can dare to talk about harassment. Now men will preserve the dignity and humanity of their wives and conserve the nasty stuff to be tried once in a while with a prostitute who will not complain. Same as the home servant and the sewage man who never complain because this is part of their job duties.
I stress that I mentioned Legalized, supervised prostitution.