Here's how it works:

  1. The legal prohibition on sex work creates an artificial scarcity in the supply of sex.
  2. This leads to a bunch of thirsty dudes running around trying to get laid, which creates greater demand for sex, which increases women's market power.
  3. Because women have greater market power in the sexual marketplace, even mediocre women are able to command a higher price and discard a large number of otherwise good dudes if they are not perfect, let alone people with deformities or disabilities or what have you. Exhibit A being most dudes automatically right-swiping on dating apps but mostly getting rejected, and women being able to be really choosy.
  4. Some percentage of men will be disaffected and alienated under this system, and they will predictably lash out in all kinds of ways, including misogyny and sexual assault and outright violence sometimes. (I'm not at all justifying this, but I am saying it is a predictable consequence of the legal prohibition on sex work.)

Under this system, even the winners are losers. Why do men spend their lives acquiring ridiculous fortunes rather than moving on and actually helping the species? A major reason is that they are competing for women's attention, which would not be as valuable if there were not so many thirsty dudes running around and supply was not restricted.

Everyone loses in this system in the long run. Men end up being much more brutal to each other than they would otherwise be, because they're trying to win the contest for female attention in a high demand, restricted supply marketplace, and as a result the prohibition on sex work turns otherwise good men into toxic winners (acquiring ridiculous fortunes) or toxic losers (incels).

No one wants to advocate for or be associated with incels because thirsty dudes are by definition at the bottom of the social hierarchy and may have any number of liabilities, mental illnesses, or deformities or what have you.

But imagine how wonderful life could have been and could be if people were less brutal toward one another and just accepted and acknowledged each others' humanity rather than punching down on the people who are already losers in society under the current social and legal rules.

For the record, I hold my opinions lightly, I consider this one reasonable perspective among many, and I could argue for alternative views.

I just posted this to /r/unpopularopinion but I figured /r/MGTOW might consider it fairly as well.