You can be a consenting sex worker in the west because most people can switch to any job in an instant - you can’t do that outside the west and developed nations much of the time. ‘Sex work’ isn’t positive for everyone.
It shouldn't be equated to the horrendous trafficking faced in China and Korea and still faced somewhat more quietly throughout Southeast Asia (and beyond), but I must point out that many prostitutes even in the west are still doing it out of desperation and still may struggle to escape it should they try to leave.
If they are under the authority of a pimp, they may face violent reprisal, and there are also practices by pimps such as deliberately getting prostitutes addicted to drugs to prevent them from being able to leave.
Your statement stands for other forms of sex work within the west, of course.
It shouldn't be equated to the horrendous trafficking faced in China and Korea and still faced somewhat more quietly throughout Southeast Asia (and beyond), but I must point out that many prostitutes even in the west are still doing it out of desperation and still may struggle to escape it should they try to leave.
If they are under the authority of a pimp, they may face violent reprisal, and there are also practices by pimps such as deliberately getting prostitutes addicted to drugs to prevent them from being able to leave.
Your statement stands for other forms of sex work within the west, of course.