Earlier this year, I read an article published by World Nomads that began, "Early evening in Bangkok's notorious Patpong Road district and tourists move through the heaving humidity, the chaos of clubs and holiday dreams. … there are two types of traveler, curious, unsuspecting visitors and more conspicuously, those [who] prowl, eager to select a girl by the number pinned on her brief costume. Just like circling the numbers on a lotto ticket but with less concern about the consequences." It's a story that's being played out every night, not just in Thailand, not just in other countries, not just in developing nations. It's an issue as complex as it is disturbing. 