Agreed. But while the Oaths were initially taken out of self-preservation (people had very, very little reason to trust or tolerate channelers after the Breaking) they've been a part of Aes Sedai culture for so long that to remove them would be unimaginable. It's an interesting example of what was once a sensible and necessary gesture becoming over time a hindrance and then a danger.

But it won't last. There are too many groups of channelers now, male and female, and none of the rest of them have sworn the oaths. They'll put the Aes Sedai at too much of a disadvantage.