The imaginary victims of victimless crimes

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58. What el bryanto described is social control

That is a key component of capitalism. The sex industry involves the control and ownership of other people's bodies: prostitution of underage boys and girls, children, and a slave trade that feeds the desires of predators.

Pretending this is about allowing a women controlling her own sexuality is absurd. At best prostitution is a job. It is not an expression of sexuality. Sex workers don't enjoy it. They do it due to economic privation.
At worst, prostitution is about owning other human beings. That allows no control over any part of a person's own life much less their sexuality. A 9, 10 or 12 year old turned out on the streets does not "control her sexuality." Men control it. Human traffickers control it.

That you have some theoretical notion of what prostitution might be in your capitalist never never land has nothing to do with the reality of the sex trade. Legalization has been shown to increase human trafficking--slavery. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1986065

The solution lies in minimizing harm, but when people refuse to consider the lives of those caught up in the sex trade, of anyone but themselves, there is no way to create a solution that does anything but further exploitation.