> people shouldn't be able to consent to some things if they're assumed to be unreasonable or socially harmful. I think this is the nub of it. When you strip a

> people shouldn't be able to consent to some things if they're assumed to be unreasonable or socially harmful. I think this is the nub of it. When you strip away the BS, views on the legality of prostitution boil down to whether (safe) sex between strangers is (a) a harmful thing, or (b) a fun thing like a massage. Discussions centered on trafficking or abusive buyers are a red herring. These are relatively rare scenarios. We don't close down eBay or Craigslist because of the occasional bad actor; we police the bad actors.