Prostitution should be legalized in the United States

I remind voters that the resolution is whether or not prostitution should be legalized in the United States. How this is argued is irrelevant, as long as it is effectively argued. PRO has spent a lot of time attempting to unreasonably restrict the scope of my arguments citing some unknown set of rules. He is using fear to detract from his position.1) Sources. There are no problems with sources at this point. Redundant accusation by PRO.2) PRO states: "it is my opponent's responsibility to show how the economic issues he argues for are applicable to the U.S." Gender inequality and prostitution feed a vicious negative feedback loop, where the existence of one will fuel the other. This is evident in my prior posts. Once prostitution becomes legalized or unenforced in America, the potential for this feedback loop manifests in America. There is no reason to take such a risk.3) PRO continually ignores the damage to inroads made in gender equality that legalizing prostitution would do to America. India and South Korea are societies where both exist in copious amounts. We need not follow their path.4) PRO states: "ultimately prostitution is a different business with different rules in the United States than it is in India." No. Prostitution is NOT a business in America, it is illegal and heavily enforced. This is why America ranks high in gender equality. The US is #4 in income equality between the sexes, Japan #80, Korea #109, and India #124. [1]5) PRO states: in India, it's the "caste system, not prostitution which harms these women and children." I disagree. Poor economic conditions in India force girls into slavery, i.e. prostitution. The combination of poverty, lack of women's rights, and prostitution equate to a miserable existence for women caught in this negative feedback loop. A woman should not have to be sold into prostitution because their family is too poor to feed her.6) PRO states: "Canadian [legislation] protects prostitutes." That's great. In the US we simply don't have this problem. Instead we try to find more productive avenues for a woman's time.7) PRO states: "Canada is far more closely related to the United States in terms of culture and law, and so we can easily foresee this being the outcome of prostitution's legalization in the US." PRO and CON are in agreement here. However, Canada has a long tradition of ambiguous laws that made the act of consensual sex for pay legal, but nearly every other aspect of prostitution illegal, to include "communicating in a public place for the purpose of selling or buying sex, keeping or using a [brothel], and procurement[/pimping]." [2] This is de facto criminalization of prostitution, valid as of 2008. If you cannot legally negotiate terms of a deal, how can you effectively conduct any significant business?Canada is experimenting with the gradual process of legalizing prostitution, but before it does, for all intents and purposes prostitution is illegal. Canada currently enjoys high gender equality rates, on par with the US - it ranks #14 in income equality. [1] Canada is taking the risk that it may enter the negative feedback loop of prostitution <=> gender inequality. All it would take is one significant economic downturn while prostitution is legal. Women, who due to their less privileged status in the work force, would probably be affected more by a downturn and would see prostitution as a way out. The objectifying of women would begin here, gender inequality would materialize, and the negative feedback loop would solidify. THIS IS THE RISK, AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR AMERICA TO TAKE IT.The choice is clear. There is precedence where societies with entrenched views on prostitution have an almost grotesque views on women's rights. Vote CON. (out of room)[1] http://www3.weforum.org..., pg 46[2] http://owjn.org...