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Because that is NOT how prostitution works in practice. Ever heard of a pimp?
Legal or otherwise it incentivizes organised crime, and the women end up either literal or practical slaves. A "legal" prostitution ring is also the best possible cover for trafficking underage and eventually children.
It would need to be regulated the hell out of, and the regulators would need to, in turn, also be regulated because of bribery or oversight concerns.
A bureaucrat's wet dream, when it comes to prostitutes, really. Three to four layers of red tape and forms behind every interaction.
That's a shitty argument that can be used for anything:
"Allowing people to own cars leads to theft rings, carjacking, chop shops, and organized crime."
"Allowing people to carry cash leads to organized rings of pick pockets."
Everything where money or property is exchanged creates a profit motive for crimes.
There are jurisdictions where they've legalized prostitution but pimping is still a crime. On paper, that leaves more resources to go after the organized, criminal part. And the victims can report it without fear of charges of their own.
Only one form of legalisation has been proven to increase the amount of child trafficking. But if factual data is a shitty argument to you, you do you.