I haven't read the whole fucking thread, I'll go back and do that in a minute. I just want to say to the choosey choicers, that I used to be incredibly libretarian, do what you like, I thought, as long as it hurts no-one, as long as it hurts no-one, and when you're young and feckless, and have little thought beyond yourself (even as an engaged and intelligent person, young people don't really have the capacity to see that far beyond their circumstances) individual acts are very much based in the solipsism of youth. I can take drugs because it's my body and I can choose what to do with it, ergo, drug-taking is fine and has no wider societal harm other than what I may visit upon myself.
The same goes for sex work. This is my body and I shall monetise it in any way I see fit, and any harm I come to is what I have visited upon myself.
However, as I got older, I realised that we don't make choices in a vacuum, if I choose to use drugs there's a supply chain of misery that gets those drugs to me, there are countless unpleasant people involved in the world-wide drug industry that rely on hapless dupes like me to keep the show on the road.
The same goes for the sex industry, I'm not adverse to the idea that there may be the odd woman who sees this as empowering and is unharmed personally by sex work.
But the industry is littered with misery and the fact that men feel able to buy women has a huge effect on society, it taints how we view women and sex if it's commodified.
Porn and its ubiquity affect countless young people now, and will damage them and their ability to have happy and fulfilling sexual relationships.
Ultimately I'm still a libretarian , I still believe that people should be free to act as long as their actions are not detrimental to others.
There are far fewer actions that fit that criteria than I once believed though.