Prostitution Legalization Debate

It's like illegal prostitution. If people didn't have sex with prostitutes, there wouldn't be prostitutes.

The OP appears to be mostly talking about porn, but your points seem to be mostly addressing prostitution.Prostitution has long considered an disreputable and undesirable activity, and it along with other types of sex work are often tightly coupled with involuntary exploitation. A lot of the stuff that you're criticizing derives from attempts to continue to legally discourage prostitution while preventing the legal system from further punishing women who are being exploited.

Yes, but in many places the prostitute is not a side in the transaction. Google human trafficking.

At the "forced into prostitution" part. Because prostitution itself being legal or not does not encourage the others. Outlawing it has not eliminated those other things; in fact, many say that it has made them worse.

Doesn’t this legitimize sex trafficking?

Much like with drugs, the best way to reduce human trafficking and abusive prostitution would be to fully legalize and regulate sex work. In countries where prostitution is accepted and legal, it's safer for both the sex workers and the customers, with less risk of disease and abuse. Sex workers are treated humanely and not condemned. Society in general benefits too, through properly paid taxes, lower crime rates, and reduced healthcare costs.

Numerous sex workers in countries where prostitution is legal disagree with you.

Sex trafficking still exists where prostitution is legal. Nice try.

Per the usual, article conflates standard sex services with sex trafficking. See the Amnesty International position for a more reasonable and balanced position. Maybe it is time for legalized sex work. Or would that threaten too many womens' bargaining chip?

Prostitution isn't always "wholly" consensual; some women are forced into the profession.