Prostitution

Rebuttals1.“The tests don't show positive until many weeks after an STD has occured. Also, even though contraception is used, it is not uncommon for it to fail.”Testing for STI/STD is quick and easy. Depending on what the person is being tested for, your provider may take a blood sample, a swab, or ask the person to pee in a cup [1]. Each STI has a different test. Generally, it takes only a few days for results to come in. HIV for example, an HIV test is super quick. With just a finger prick of blood a rapid HIV test can show results within 10 minutes [2].If condoms are stored and used properly, they rarely break (there’s a 2% - 5% chance). Contraception will hardly fail if used right [3].2. “Making prostitution legal won't make it safer in all cases. Yes there are safer places to PURCHASE A WOMEN(or man), but that is only a small fraction of prostitution businesses.”Prostitution is dangerous because prostitution is illegal. Con just made my point a lot clearer. The ‘safer small fraction of prostitution businesses’ is in countries or states, where prostitution is legalized. 3.“That may be how some prositution businesses are run, however, most are run by sketchy people in run-down motels. In these businesses women do not have security guards nor do they use intercoms. There is an overwhelming amount of criminal cases where prostitutes have been raped by customers and in many, murdered. It is a dangerous business whether it's legal or not.”Most prostitution businesses are run by ‘sketchy people’ because prostitution is illegal. If prostitution is legal, prostitution businesses will be run by reliable managers of brothels. Since prostitution in Nevada is legal, sex workers work in a safer and secure environment than countries or states that illegalizes prostitution. Crimes against sex workers will lessen because of security guards or bouncers protecting them. Again, legalizing will reduce the amount of criminal cases against prostitutes. 4.“Prostitution will be dangerous legal or illegal. Anything involving sex, money, and human trafficking with put the participants at risk. Also, do we really want our roads and public schools funded by tax money from prostitution?”Con did not present any evidence on how prostitution will still be dangerous if it is legalized. Con also committed an appeal to emotion fallacy [4]. 5.“I agree that men and women have the right to their bodies but not in this way. They should not be allowed to sell their bodies for money. There have been several studies showing the link between prostitution and drugs and they use their 'paychecks' to buy drugs.Yes, we have a right to our bodies. However, selling your body as a service is not at all the same. Prostitutes are prime targets of human trafficking, rape, STDs, as well as unwanted pregnancies. Prostitution is a disgustingly harmful act that needs to be stopped, not legalized.”Men and woman have the right to their bodies so they can do whatever they want with it. If prostitutes want to use their bodies to have sex with a customer, who has full consent and pays the prostitute for his/her time, then there is nothing wrong about that. Con failed to show any evidence of these studies that link prostitution and drugs. I don’t see how prostitution and drugs are related. Some normal everyday people buy drugs too. Again, prostitutes are prime targets of human trafficking, rape, STDs, and unwanted pregnancies because prostitution is illegal. Legalizing prostitution will reduce these crimes against prostitutes. ConclusionThere is a reason why is it also called one of the oldest professions in the world. Prostitution can never be stopped. Legal or illegal there will always be prostitution. It happens every day throughout the world, so why not make money off it and reduce the risk in it? It is simply two consenting adults exchanging a service for money. A prostitute and her customer agreeing on an exchange of money for sex, violates no one's rights, and does not directly necessarily harm anyone else. Thus, it should be legal. However, some people do not seem to have clarity on the issue, and want to bring in lots of personal opinions and hogwash about how prostitution promote drug-use, violence, STDs, etc. In fact, it is anti-prostitution laws which promote all of these things.I would like to thank Con for this debate.VOTE PRO!!!Sources[1] http://www.iwannaknow.org...[2] http://www.teenclinic.org...[3] http://contraception.about.com...[4] https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com...