I think sex work should be legalized. However, the law and “traditional values” have a lot to say (mostly outdated ideas) about sexual activities. It’s the activities themselves, and the circumstances around those activities, which lawmakers have ruled illegal (or not) over the centuries.
Body autonomy doesn’t really enter into it, because you can do countless legal and illegal things with your body.
Body autonomy is more relevant in the case of pregnancies, because the mother’s life and health are directly at risk. Opinions vary on when life begins after fertilzation, but many would argue a cluster of cells is not a person yet, so the pregnant woman should be free to act in regards to her own body.
We don’t care about wages, health care, or education. We care about what consenting adults do in the bedroom, even though that doesn’t materially affect our lives in any way.
Because Roe v Wade did not establish a woman’s domain over her body, it established legal status of abortion on a federal level. Very specific.
That being said, sex work is about so much more than just a person’s body autonomy. There have been many societal concerns over the decades. I’m all for it, but the legal issues are complicated.
Because how we define bodily autonomy is really weird and comes with cultural baggage and other bullshit.
I personally believe that prostitution should be legal because it happens either way and it’s better for everyone involved if it happens with government oversight and in a safe setting… but, I don’t believe it’s a paradox to say that women should have control of their bodies while also outlawing prostitution - we outlaw plenty of actions without viewing it as infringing onerously on our liberties.
In this specific case I think the main disconnect you’re having is that when we talk about women’s bodily autonomy it’s essentially a euphemism for a very narrow part of reproductive freedoms that we’re concerned with - most people who are concerned about Roe being repealed aren’t super interested in, say, the right to strap yourself to a rocketship and achieve low earth orbit - even if that could be defined as some kind of autonomy involving your body.
Because prostitution is illegal. When Roe was still a thing, a woman with control over her own body couldn’t murder someone, rob a bank or drive drunk.
You’re distorting the definition of “control” to create an irrelevant comparison.
That’s like saying “If I smoke weed underground, am I higher or lower than the average person?” It’s just nonsense.