Why do you view prostitution as a negative? The only argument I've heard against prostitution that's remotely convincing is that outlawing it reduces sex trafficking. But it sounds like you're acknowledging that outlawing sex work doesn't help trafficking victims and still think it's bad anyway.
Because it seems almost impossible to design a system where women aren't being abused as prostitutes.
Prostitutes are routinely assaulted raped robbed and murdered even in places where prostitution is legal.
Also I think as a society we treat sex as different from other activities in a way that isn't really compatible with legal sex work.
For example, if some manager asks the intern to pick up their Dry cleaning as part of their job, some people might frown upon that but I don't think many people think the intern is being wronged or if they are that it isn't really a big deal.
On the other hand, if a manager asks his intern to have sex with him, I think most people agree that this should be illegal and that the manager in question is abusing his power, even if having sex with the manager was listed as a job requirement.
But if your job is only to have sex...suddenly it's ok again.
You can argue that we should treat sex as a normal activity like driving someone around or picking up groceries for them, but currently in society we treat sexual consent differently to prevent these power imbalances and pressured sex in the workplace, and I don't think that treatment is consistent with the sentiment of "sex work is just work"
Why do you think that prostitution has to mean that the prostitute's manager would be able to force them to have sex with him? Couldn't we have a form of prostitution where the prostitutes have sex with clients while still be protected from their bosses by normal workplace protections?
> to prevent these power imbalances and pressured sex in the workplace
The power imbalances and pressures are the same for picking up dry cleaning.
Sexual consent is treated differently because of how the laws shaped our views of prostitution. If prostitution, legally speaking, becomes a normal job like serving ice cream or sweeping the floor, then your sideline example naturally follows and is not some kind of exceptional case.
But is that a world you want to live in? Where your wife or girlfriend is sleeping with her boss to ensure she gets a favorable raise and that's just considered part of being a woman?
You are conflating sex work between a sex worker and their client, and sex between a boss and their employees. Most of your comments are conflating sex work, and sexual abuse. These are two different issues, and the data shows decriminalizing all parts of sex work, both buying and selling is the most effective way to make sex work a safer occupation.
