[Isabo]

It is legal and regulated in Germany and Switzerland and seems to be moving back that way in Italy.
I would much rather my husband was unfaithful with a clean, paid professional in a meaningless physical act than had an affair with one of my friends. Perhaps I've lived too long in N. Italy but I'm very blasè about the matter as long as there are health checks and the people (male, female and those in between) are there by choice and subject to strict medical checks.
Prostitution is not going to go away because moralists legislate against it. I feel exactly the same way about abortion. I don't like it but the consequences of driving it underground are much worse.