Legalising scarlet-collar workers seems like an excellent idea to me. We need to throw away our taboos and realise there is a biological urge to satisfy ourselves sexually that neither contributes to nor displaces love.
Applying rules instead of driving the practice underground is going to give people the option of doing that safely. There will probably still be underground prostitution. It would charge less than those services that provide ritzy, lazurious environments, which is how they'd still maintain custom, but it would be up to the individual to decide what service to go for.
I suppose there'd also have to be low-budget brothels to compete with the underground whoring. They're not stylish, but they're affordable and safe. Like youth hostels, except with the safety.
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