Should prostitution be legalized?

Should prostitution be legalized? If so, would it bring the statistics of rape down? how did the pimp/hoe era effect us now & different forms of prostitution (ex. video hoe, phone sex operator) difference between the glorification of pimps in movies compared to how they are in real life Should women be viewed as sex objects as much as they are now? why do some women continue to stay in this profession when the haft 2 worry about getting killed/raped US prostitution laws on the internet are they 2 strict or just right?