Carceral patriarchal "feminism" and the false liberal moralism of criminalizing sex for pay

Comment published on New York Times blog, in response to opinion essay by Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, “Thousands More Jeffrey Epsteins Are Still Out There,” September 14, 2019,
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/opinion/sunday/human-trafficking-jeffrey-epstein.html#commentsContainer&permid=102517124:102517124:

Kristof is at it again. He's the Times's designated carceral feminist, playing the old patriarchal game of claiming to protect innocent women and girls. His central claim is that prostitution is rape, or rather that the clients are rapists. Remarks as irresponsible as using racial slurs. So, it can best be combatted by putting men who go to prostitutes in prison. Which once again becomes the solution to our social problems. His rhetorical ploy stands in for a case he has not made.

It is true that many sex workers are abused by clients, or simply humiliated by them. But I am aware of no evidence that most or all are. "All" must be the claim a priori, as what makes the sex act rape for him seems intrinsic to sex for pay. Does he believe, like the late extreme radical feminist Andrea Dworkin, that sexual penetration is rape, and love-making indistinguishable from it? Does he believe that sex outside of love (or even marriage) is not only unspiritual but "violence"? Many American women and men beg to differ. Does he believe it necessarily "alienating" or otherwise unpleasant? Well, so are a great many jobs. Does he believe most prostitutes are sex slaves? Most are not. Does he believe that the consent given (which normally would nullify a claim of rape) is financially coerced and so "false"? That's true of most jobs.

When sex workers are asked what they want, it's usually not what the chivalrous Kristof would offer. Respect workers!