The ban on prostitution, mirror of an incoherent society

The ban on prostitution in some European countries seems inconsistent, given that pornography is legal there. Wouldn't a sound policy be to act upstream, to avoid encouraging on the Internet what we proscribe on the street? Or to accept, like the Ancients, that it's better to regulate it, because it's a phenomenon that is, after all, inevitable?

Is prostitution a profession or a form of exploitation? The question divides feminists themselves. Recently, in Europe, the prevailing view has been the latter. In 2014, the European Parliament considered a resolution to ban the purchase of sex. It concluded that not only forced prostitution but also voluntary prostitution violates human rights. The Parliament thus called on all European Union (EU) member states to punish