A true belief in human dignity would also suggest that a massive amount of poorly-paid jobs that, of course, only people in poverty get forced into, should not

A true belief in human dignity would also suggest that a massive amount of poorly-paid jobs that, of course, only people in poverty get forced into, should not exist, either. But that would require an overhaul of how we view work as a society, and we can live the happy lie of just banning sex work because some people think sex is specially important in a way that almost nothing else a human can do is. There isn't really anything special about sex work, societal views on it aside. It's hard work, but for many people it causes no more harm to their dignity than anything else they could be doing. Source: sex worker friends.