Living in eastern Europe i can only think that Misogyny and classism is the reason the vast majority of the sex industry exists in the first place. Millions upon millions of women and kids even yes were pushed and resorted in a hellish mafia driven "sex worker" industry after the collapse of socialism (collapse of free eduucation till college, women equality in the work place, equal opportunity to freely chose your education and trade, job and home and heathcare to everyone as a right etc) in eastern Europe . People that in their own informed choice and through their own consent chose sex work as an occupation exist and will always exist under every economic system. But history and reality arround me is that for sex workers in my country and in countries around me that wasnt the case in 99% of the cases. Extreme class warfare and the destruction of actual institutionalised gender equality and opportunities was what created the sex industry, pushing millions of women that just 5-10 years prior whould have been in the path of free education, housing ,healthcare and job of their choice into sexual abuse, grooming and scarring just to put bread on the table and not be homeless. Thats the reallity here and in most of the world and the vast vast majority of sex workers are helpless victims of capitalism and didnt chose or consent to a life of abuse and destroyed dreams and what happened to their futures and life. Im not against sex work, it will exist and has always existed . But the current sex industry and sex work in the reality around me has little to do with the personal experience and nuance of consent and freedom of choice and "its work like any other" of people like OP