Impacted how? How is the impact of a family member participating in sex work distinct from, say, a fisherman going out to sea for months at a time, and substant

Impacted how? How is the impact of a family member participating in sex work distinct from, say, a fisherman going out to sea for months at a time, and substantial risk of dying. Stigma would be a good answer, but that's a direct consequence of social rejection of sex work, not due to sex work itself. Again, you've just given a vague assertion of impact, but haven't actually explained why this is different from any other work. Also, how does participation in sex work impede the ability of women to pursue an education? How is someone doing sex work 20 hours a week any less able to get an education than someone working at Starbucks 20 hours a week? In fact, there are people who can afford education because of the profits from sex work so sex work also enables some people to obtain education. And who says sex work is not productive? Sure, it doesn't produce tangible goods like manufacturing or mining. But the same criticism can be made of all entertainment industries. The fact that people are willing to pay for sex workers is undisputable evidence that theze services are in demand. "Losing the employment lottery" as you put it, isn't an exception, it's the norm for the vast majority of people. The fact that people need to work to earn money to live isn't even remotely unique to sex workers. Nearly everyone is in this situation. Nobody is coerced into sex, outside of sex trafficking which I don't think anyone in this comment section is advocating. If someone can make minimum wage in a retail or service job, but would rather have sex with people for vastly greater pay, why should society prevent that transaction?