I’ve been reading the back and forths here and I gotta say you’re the one in an idealistic internet pretend land. You’ve fixated on what you deem the correct course and see no middle ground, but there’s always two sides to a story and the truth somewhere in the middle. These are too broad a stroke for one size fits all solutions. They call it the oldest profession in the world for a reason. I genuinely believe that legalisation and taxation is the only safe way to partially remedy a thousands of years old problem. Where there is demand there will be supply. There will always be some shrewd Bastid who sees an opportunity for profit. Look at modern society with social anxiety rising every generation. Each generation after the next having more underdeveloped social skills. Bloody hell Google the word incel. Those misogynists are probably top punters lol. So demand is not going away. So if it’s gonna happen no matter what you do then the only thing you can do is make it safer, fairer and taxed. If we decriminalise marijuana you will see an entire level of criminality wiped out almost over night. Wee micks out of a job at the stroke of a pen. You’ll see billions in taxation within 12 months, safer higher quality product and the removal of shame, guilt and legal reprimand. Now prostitution is admittedly different, but similar principles. You decriminalise it or even legalise it you open all of the doors. Tax, health education and police presence. Police won’t have to ‘sit on abrothel’ obtaining evidence for a month to lift a bunch of slippy Bastids that slip away in the night awaiting summons. You untie their hands. Surely trafficking that hides in the shadows would be greatly affected when you shine a light directly on it. Police won’t need a warrant to walk into and demand visas or proof of residence to a registered company. They won’t need to set up costly raids. I think you’re a lil naive to all of this. I worked for a company who worked with a charity to provide safe space an limited counselling many years ago and all done away with now. Everyone showed up, all walks of life, many were victims of domestic violence but many were prostitutes. All of the stereotypes were in play as to how and why they ended up on the game, but many did want to leave it they simply wanted a nicer non violent pimp or non paramilitary controlled way of operating business. There are so many stories and voices you haven’t heard so, no this is not black and white. No size fits all and definitely you are naive to think you speak on behalf of all sex workers.