Maybe in addition to thinking about society, we should think about sex workers as humans. Specifically, how by forcing their profession (which weighed morally

Maybe in addition to thinking about society, we should think about sex workers as humans. Specifically, how by forcing their profession (which weighed morally right or wrong, still exists and will continue to) into a legal gray area we actively make them vulnerable to further exploitation. For example, by criminalizing websites that are involved in the profession, we strip their ability to use the internet openly for their own safety and education. By threatening their business with legal charges, we disempower them against less scrupulous elements of the legal system (law enforcement or prosecutorial). Resulting in extortion or coercion. So would legalizing sex work and bringing it under a regulatory framework "change things" for everyone? Yes. But not doing so is cruel and dehumanizing enough that I'm frankly disgusted to live in a society that feels prosecuting sex work is the "right" moral choice.