prostitution and 19-year olds

So for my History 490 class we got to read this awesome journal article on prostitution in Hawaii during WWII. I contemplated reading it in a very public place on campus with the word prostitution highlighted in the title, but decided against it in case I got in trouble for scaring the efy kids. Is it weird that I came away from this article with a lot of respect for these women? But seriously they got away with a lot in a time when women weren't allowed to do much. The prostitutes weren't allowed to live outside of a certain area, but during the war things were a little more lax. One madam moved to a really wealthy snooty neighborhood, made sure everyone knew her profession, and then made a ton of money when they paid her off to move out!
It was also just a funny article. Sometime intentionally like when they asked this one woman how she felt about "practicing prostitution," she said, "I don't practice, I'm an expert!" And sometimes its unintetional like when it observed that, "prostitions had invaded every neighborhood." That one gives me a really funny image.
So I'm living in the Spanish house for summer term, and I actually like it, which kind of surprises me. Except for when I found out that almost all the girls I've made friends with so far are 19!!! Holy cow, I was grumbling about the Spanish house but then I realized that in my last apartment we had a wide age group, but I ended up the best friends with the 20-year-old. So maybe its just me, maybe I'm just that immature! probable?