The point I was making is that the relevant information in the case you're talking about is that the people involved are sex workers and
not that they are women. The fact that many prostitutes are women is often used cynically as a tool to make it seem that sex workers are weak, passive pawns who are constantly being exploited and abused by The Evil Menz; see also the people who use language like 'women-and-girls' as if it's all one word. Women are not children and we don't appreciate being infantilised.
If Sheila and I were motor mechanics and decided to pool our resources so we could buy a garage to work from to save on costs and also so we could look out for each other in the event of an accident, or answer the phone if the other was busy under a car (as opposed to a punter
), most people would think that was an eminently sensible thing to do. The idea that the law would prevent us from doing so is nothing short of bizarre, yet in an identical situation where we're sex workers that's exactly the current state of play and I think most people would agree that there are far more pertinent issues for that debate than the contents of our underwear.