Over the past 15 years, I've seen some crazy shit. These days, nothing really surprises me, with the exception of PIMPS. How do these guys operate? What the hell do they say to get girls willingly to hand over their hard-earned money every night?!
I asked a few girls who had been in the lifestyle and also talked to a couple of pimps. I got the answers I expected, even though they weren't all true. I'll let you guess who the fibbers were, but I bet you already know.
I asked the girls how they got into working for a pimp in the first place. Was it just because he was good-looking? Mind-blowing sex? Promises of material things? Amazingly the answer was all of the above.
This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2009.