Prostitution Should be Legalized

I would also like to point out that I will not be responding to con this round, as I will also be posting my opening round. IntroductionWhat is prostitution? According to the definition posted above, prostitution is the act of having sex in exchange for money. That is all prostitution is; it is a business exchange between two people, one person providing a service, and another person receiving the service. This is the same with other forms of businesses. For example, in a pizzeria, a restaurant provides the service of selling a pizza to a customer, and the customer eats the pizza, thus receiving the service. (1) Prostitution is nothing but a business interaction. As stated in the introduction, in a pizzeria, the act of providing a pizza and the act of a customer eating said pizza is a business interaction. It's simple as that. But, people seem to have an objection when it comes to prostitution. BUT the very act itself is a business interaction. (1a) What I want you to do is imagine the pizzeria scenario again. I will assume that con finds nothing objectionable to the selling of pizza to a customer. Now, I wan't you to make some changes to the scenario. Instead of a pizzeria, imagine that there is a brothel. Instead of pizza, imagine that it is a man/ women. Instead of the man/ woman giving the customer a slice of pizza, the man/ woman gives the customer sex. It's plain and simple. Now, why the objection? One possible objection is the taboo that society has on selling sex. A poll has shown that 48% of Americans are for keeping prostitution illegal, while 38% of Americans are for legalizing prostitution, and the rest are unsure. (. https://today.yougov.com...)Clearly, there seems to be a societal taboo on prostitution. Also, this article (although not important to my argument, but still is an interesting read) should outline this point accurately. . http://www.huffingtonpost.com...BUT......The Pro's of Prostitution(1) The Government Will be Able to Tax the IndustryI believe that it goes without saying that the government will be able to tax the industry, just like any other industry. If legalized, the government would make more money, which in turn would (hopefully) be used in the general public's interest. (2) There Will be Safer Conditions for Prostitutes National arrest figures for prostitution range over 100,000 (. http://prostitution.procon.org...). What this already shows is that prostitution is illegal (which is the whole point of this debate, but I thought I could reinforce that point). Now, 62% of prostitutes have reported having been raped in prostitution. 73% reported having experienced physical assault in prostitution. 72% were currently or formerly homeless. 92% stated that they wanted to escape prostitution immediately. A Canadian Report on Prostitution and Pornography concluded that girls and women in prostitution have a mortality rate 40 times higher than the national average. (. http://www.rapeis.org...). I would like to remind everybody that these terrible atrocities are being committed WHILE prostitution is illegal. If we wan't to stop these, we cannot stigmatize prostitution and condemn it to be illegal; we must legalize it. This is so necessary regulations and constraints can be placed on the business of prostitution, which would greatly improve the working conditions of people working as prostitutes.