Prostitution is legal in many places in Asia. Try not to paint a gigantic content with a single brushstroke. As for the "Muslim world", I wouldn't be so sure t

Prostitution is legal in many places in Asia. Try not to paint a gigantic content with a single brushstroke. As for the "Muslim world", I wouldn't be so sure that there's anything behind the sexual taboos held except garden variety discrimination. Monogamy is a sacred duty for women, but men are allowed to take up to 4 wives by Islamic law. Why can't women have 4 husbands? Read Quran, Verse IV: 3. The best part is that if you can't be nice to your wives, just marry 4 slaves instead! That's a pretty serious endorsement that the roots of "taboos against sex work" are really just part and parcel of how men in ancient times maintained control over women. Men get 4 wives, women get but one husband. Not only is it unfair, it's purely about keeping control over women. Or 4 women, for that matter.