Legalizing prostitution won&#x27;t disempower them anymore than legalizing drugs will - they will prey on some other group, or the same group, or sell sex slaves alongside legal enterprise, or anything else they think of that can unfairly extract money from society.  We could never legalize the full extent of their activities either - murder, extortion, kidnapping, slavery etc.<p>We&#x27;ve had legal brothels in my city (Brisbane, Australia) for decades and Wikipedia&#x27;s estimating 90% of prostitution there is unregulated or illegal.  It just co-exists alongside a legal market.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Prostitution_in_Australia#Queensland" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Prostitution_in_Australia#Quee...</a>