Prostitution Should be Legalized

I will now begin by rebutting Pro's points. Rebuttal #1 "Prostitution is nothing but a business interaction. " To an extent Pro is correct. It is a business industry. A deadly and violent one. In my previous argument, you can read that by legalizing Prostitution, more things will come about. If we legalize prostitution we're saying it's okay. More violence will take place, and the rate of human-trafficking will increase. I even used a quote that had shown that in countries where Prostitution was legalized, human-trafficking increased [1] . "A study of the impact of legalized prostitution has found that countries where prostitution is legal experience larger reported human trafficking inflows than countries in which prostitution is prohibited" We cannot say that Prostitution is a business. [2] "because it will always be associated with crime, corruption, class, mass sexual exploitation and human trafficking. " How could we call this business when we are just promoting Human-trafficking and crime. [2] "It's wrong to promote the fact that one person buying another is legitimate. To us, this is nothing more than human trafficking, and it's completely unacceptable. " Pro brings up a "Pizza Scenario" saying that Prostitution is like someone selling and buying pizza. This is completely out of line with the topic here. For 1. Pizza is not illegal, while Prostitution is in some counties. 2. It's illegal because of the negative impacts and outcomes. 3. It promotes even more dangerous crimes. His pizza scenario is completely invalid. Rebuttal #2 The Government Will be Able to Tax the Industry The government may be able to tax a small portion, but it isn't worth the horrible effects Prostitution causes. If we were to tax Prostitution, even *more* Human-Trafficking would occur. Because apparently by the government, by taxing it, they are okay with these outcomes. Not to mention, can we guarantee that these prostitutes will even pay their taxes? If not, they will be put behind bars, unable to work, which means no taxes. Rebuttal #3 There Will be Safer Conditions for Prostitutes Pro argues that by legalizing Prostitution, Prostitutes will be safer. This is again, false. Let's think of reasons as to why Prostitutes get beaten from men in the industry. 1. Not wanting to perform sexual acts at that moment. 2. Wanting to leave the Prostitution industry. 3. Talking back or misbehaving. All of these action will happen even if prostitution is legalized. There will always be violence in this industry. Making it legal will not make all of these actions disappear. Employers and customers will commit these violent actions no matter what. Now, if we made Prostitution illegal, and yet people continued to do it, many people would be thrown in jail. Probably more pimps, meaning that theese women wouldnt be abused from their employer because they are behind bars. Making it illegal would make it much more harder to continue their business. Also, while their employers are behind bars, those who want to leave the industry have a greater chance to do so. Therefore, making it illegal would lower violence. Back to Pro! Sources: 1 & 2- . http://prostitution.procon.org...