Some self-described feminists think prostitution should be legal, and some don’t. There’s not one uniform “feminist opinion” on the subject. As for those who a

Some self-described feminists think prostitution should be legal, and some don’t. There’s not one uniform “feminist opinion” on the subject. As for those who are against it, sure, maybe some reason in the cynical way you describe. But I think the lion’s share are motivated by other reasons. Typically they argue that prostitution is coercive, as you can’t call something “consensual” that someone needs to do to survive. Personally I think prostitution should be just as legal as any other kind of work; but that’s not a license to grossly misinterpret the arguments of those who disagree.