I never said women are prostitutes. Neither did I bring up the concept of something of a barter system. We're humans and we all want things in our lives. Men and women alike want physical satisfaction. Men are stronger physically and women are strong through their charm and their mysterious ways, a virtue men don't possess as well as women do. Each sex is mesmerized by the others' qualities. If men are the source of all physical traumas then women are the source of the fall of great dynasties, political systems and societies. Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Kaikei(in Ramayana), both sexes have created evil individuals. If prostitution is such a bad thing then why do these "strong" women fall for it, why not take their lives or follow society's hardshiops rather than sell their bodies? We all have good and bad in us IFC. And no, traditional forms of marriage resemble do not resemble prsotitution. Both sexes want sex. Arranged marriage was just a way for society to show appreciation to a couple who would be living together with society's recognition that they're a an honest and good faring couple. Dowry system, forced marriage are bad derivatives of the traditional form where men and women respected each other's privacy and intimacy. Just because a woman was married to someone else without her seeing him doesnt men she was at fault. The guy too would never have seen the bride or in the best case scenario, they both wouldve spoken a couple times about their wishes and seen if they're compatible, if there was a loss, it was for both parties, not just the woman. Yes, women have been depressed by the physically stronger men and i despise that. But not all men are evil. Women have their own way of manipulating men, and often we overlook that. Instead of pointing fingers as to who degrades society more, lets look at the future and say, lets forget what we've done and move ahead. If, Behind every succesfull manthere is woman, then behind every evil man, there is an evil mother, sister or wife.