I often wonder how many women are completely acting on their own free will when they are involved in the sex industry.

And I mean completely free will. Not will dominated by financial crisis, addiction issues, or mental health issues.

And men are learning that contrary to what some of us women have be screaming for a long time, we are still an object for purchase or conquest.

I'm uncomfortable with making laws telling women what to do with their own bodies. So I guess I'd make prostitution itself legal, but anything involving coercion or pimping or trafficking carry an absurdly harsh sentence. Like a year for each charge, but you get one charge for each time a prostitute you were in control of was forced to have sex with someone. To be served consecutively.

I feel like that might dramatically increase the chances of prostitutes being willing to come forward to law enforcement (One of the reasons trafficking is so successful now is because women that are forced into it are afraid to talk to the police) while ensuring a maximum of deterrence and a minimum of recidivism among pimps and traffickers. You're probably not going back to being a trafficker after 3000 years in prison.

I think that prostitutes should be able to unionize, choose to refuse service to disreputable customers, and do even more with the help and protection of the law. I think brothels should be checked for corrupt owners or staff, and that prostitutes get extra health care benefits, especially for the maintenance for their tools of trade.
Perhaps something that should be standard for prostitutes is access to effective birth control, and clean working areas.