Prostitution should be legalized

I am going to go over my opponents case and prove why I am winning this debate. zealot362's 1st argument: This is exactly the kind of issues you can expect to see when prostitution is labeled as a public menace and cast of to the streets. However, in countries where prostitution is legal, crime rates show a completely different picture. I read an interesting article by Kirby R. Cundiff that shows prostitution and rape cases to be inversely proportional. His data and models show that rape could be expected to drop by as much 25% with a 90% confidence interval. (http://www.independent.org......). An article from Liberater.net holds similar findings (http://www.liberator.net......). My response to that: I going to provide some statistics in yet another study I came upon to attack my opponents case. These article talks about whether prostitution is a law or not, the women that are in the trade of Prostitution are still in some kind of danger. Meanwhile similar results " rampant violence, harassment, substance abuse, health and housing problems " were documented in a Chicago study released in 2001 by the Center for Impact Research. That study found 1,800 to 4,000 girls and women are involved in on- or off- street prostitution activities in Chicago in any given year, along with about 11,500 people who trade sex for drugs. These numbers " comparable in other major cities " show that the mistreatment of sex workers is a significant national civil and human rights situation that affects thousands and thousands of women (and men) and by extension their children or other family members. So as we can see whether the law is set in place or not, many of the prostitutes are still harassed or attacked in some way, shape, or form. http://www.rapeis.org... zealot362's 2nd argument: Have you ever heard of the phrase, "Strict parents create sneaky kids?" Again, you are holding society to your particular set of morals. Having morals is not bad, but expecting others to heed them can often yield unpleasant results. Say I were to throw a curve ball and claim that the fact that you are trying to keep prostitution is immoral? "However disturbing the idea of commercial sex may be to some of us, it's na"ve to believe that prostitution can ever be eliminated. The demand will be met with supply one way or another, no matter what is legislated. Turning our backs on the women (and men) who do this work may be far more immoral - even criminal - than prostitution itself. Only when we recognize and validate the work of professional prostitutes can we expect them to practice their trade safely and responsibly." -Alexa Albert, MD. I acknowledge that the immorality of prostitution is controversial, but it is based solely on personal opinion and has no actual evidence to back it up one way or the other. It's a futile effort to back an argument with morality as the banner. By leaning on it, you will appeal people who already agree with it, but people against it and critical thinkers will be less apt to lean to your side. (I don't mean any offense with this, I just want to explain the issue with leaning on morality in a debate.) My response to that: I completely see where my opponent is coming at with this argument. He believes that I am holding every citizens to a certain standard of which they must abide by. In all actuality, I am not necessary holding citizens to a certain standard, but explaining what the law is designed for and why it is there. As I have brought up many times, earlier in this debate, the United States was founded on rules and laws that keep citizens safe and secure in life. Laws are carefully thought out and engineered as need arises to provide, basically, safety and financial security. Once in place, they are enforced by various levels of government. Now I understand no one can be held to a certain standard, I am only saying that the law is there to protect us. My opponent is saying that the trade of prostitution is already happening and therefore should banish the law based on the fact that everyone is doing it. Just because a majority of citizens are doing drugs or drinking under age, does it make it alright? The law is here to protect us from not only ourselves, but the dangers from the crimes that continue to happen around us. zealot362's 3rd argument:Again, these studies are performed in the streets where there is much more going on then prostitution. Pimps, drug dealers, rapists also share the streets with prostitutes, and I'm certain that they would have very similar issues. "This study provided evidence that female indoor sex workers in the Netherlands do not exhibit a higher level of work-related emotional exhaustion or a lower level of work-related personal competence than a comparison group of female healthcare workers (mostly nurses)... The fact that findings were partly contrary to expectations and contrary to suggestions from others that sex work is intrinsically traumatizing may be explained by sample differences. Here, indoor sex workers were studied, whereas many other studies focus almost exclusively on street workers..." -Ine Vanwesenbeeck, PhD. My response to that: Obviously there are going to be great studies for both sides of this debate. We must look at one key factor, are the women in any physical danger. Even if women are treated "kinder" by the justice system, it the "pimps" or the "demanders" choice to physically attack or hurt the prostitutes. If the law is there or not the prostitutes still in danger, not because of the law, but simply because the trade of prostitution has never been as easy as 2+2=4. There are almost always drugs, gangs and as I have brought u in earlier contentions, STD"s involved. If prostitution became legal, the U.S. would be accepting of that kind of behavior. I would like to state that after this speech, no new arguments can be posted. I guess if there is something cool that my opponent would like to point out, I will not care. Thanks :) I look forward to zealot362's last speech.