Crow Sister, the reason I disagree with you is that the negative aspects of prostitution as an institution and a business outweighs the intent of the "mature, intelligent and well grounded" women that you mention. Surely given the malfeasance of our contemporary
business institutions, the controls you cite will not be there. Our country can't even drill for oil let alone support the "drilling" of prostitutes. Legalization of prostitution as a stop-gap
to deter rapists and perverts won't work. They require victims. The problem with having brothels legalized and run by prostitutes is that the "foxes will be guarding the hen house". The culture of prostitution is not healthy but given to association with the criminal underworld. Pimps are beneath contempt. Today, there are places that have standards of disease control such as in Nevada but it's not just the physical aspect of prostitution but the mental aberrations that it causes. Sex for bucks is not psychologically sound. Prostitution is not healthy on Wall Street or the Industrial Military Complex. Why should it
be any different in the sex industry (which is attached BTW to the porn industry).