Only because cultural prejudice makes it difficult for them to obtain other means of earning money. Aside from the fact that there is an ocean of difference between a woman initiating touch and a man demanding it, prevent people from making an honest living, why shouldn’t they turn to crime? And that French official is making a big mistake with his hissy fit over a woman exercising her right to refuse to be touched. It’s not going to encourage assimilation, but further alienation.