> But nobody who goes to a hooker really believes afterwards that they found true happiness there.

There are a lot of assumptions rolled up in that sentence.

Rather than try and unpack them all here myself, I'd encourage you to talk to actual sex workers. Not people who engage the services of sex workers, but the people actually doing the sex work themselves. Ask them about the work they do, why they do it, what their customers are looking for, and what role they think they're playing in their customers' lives.

I think you'd be surprised by some of what you hear.