Distasteful DC

Today Deborah Jeane Palfrey was convicted of running a prostitution right in Washington D.C. to service our nation's finest politicians. While Palfrey claims that her business was merely an escort service, she was brought to trial for illegally selling sex (and at high prices, at that). When confronted by the persecution about sexual activity between women employed by Pelfrey and their clients, Palfrey stated that it was not her responsiblity what happened on their dates; she was merely the mediator and could not control possible sexual situations.
Among the men accused of using the escort service are Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, Harlan Ullman, a military strategist who created the concept of "shock and awe" that the United States used to open hostilities against Iraq, and Randall L. Tobias, who resigned as a deputy secretary of state after acknowledging to ABC News that he used Palfrey's service for massages.
I find it interesting that the very men who run our country participate in illegal sexual acts. It could merely be that these men are not in agreement with the current legislation which makes prostitution illegal in Washington DC, but it does not mean that it is right to break the law. Or does it? Can our society really put laws on people's sexual behavior? If these politicians wanted to sexually interact with a woman from an escort service, whose right is it to say that he cannot?
On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't be so quick to defend our rights as sexual beings. What about the women employed by Palfrey? Were these women aware of their real duties when they applied and were accepted into the position of "escort"? Shouldn't women have the right to work as an escort and not feel pressure to sexually pleasure men, regardless of how much they paid?
Perhaps this entire debacle would not even be an issue if the escort service did not exist at all. Of course this is an easy and idealistic thing to state, but perhaps these politicians should spend a little more time thinking about ways that women could escape being trapped in a situation where they would have to sell their bodies in order to stay afloat in our society. I'm sure that there are some women out there who enjoy working for escort services, but I imagine that the majority of women in these situations are merely there to make ends meet. So, Mr. Congressman, rather than take advantage of our struggling, working class ladies, Mr Congressman, you could perhaps spend a little time giving them a break or helping them thrive in the same world that you do.