Oldfart - you're right of course. BUT that's not what I was saying. I don't have a rosy view of the street girls' lives. (although don't forget that you were looking at the ones who are most exploited).

Point is not 'most prostitutes are wonderful people' but 'why do so many people hate them so much, when they don't know anything about them'? And especially, why are are women commonly so negative about them? 'Sex workers' are beginning to be more socially acceptable - the New Zealand parliament has an ex-sex worker, but still....... Women in particular tend to hate the idea of them.

Why?