I'm probably going to hang myself writing this, because it doesn't appear to be a popular opinion, but then, I don't have a pimp to write it for me, so you get the real thing, like it or not.
As far as I'm concerned, the issue of pimps in the ladies area is an issue for the ladies to decide. They are the ones who's privacy is breached, and they are the ones who let management into their midst. If you think about it, and consider some of the drama reports that 75% of the providers here are managed, it may turn out that the ladies area is actually another men's area. Think of all those pimps pretending to be women, for the sake of all the other pimps, who are pretending to be women.
I don't care who you are, THAT'S funny, and possibly a SNL skit.
As I type this, CNN is reporting the CL closing of their adult services area, and some idiot is telling us that prostitution isn't a victimless crime because women get beaten up, men get robbed, and of course, he just threw in the children who are kidnapped and sold into slavery. (he's running for congress)
We know that all of those things are crimes, that they are crimes that have victims, and they are crimes regardless of motive. We have the sense to see these things as a separate issue, and not blame a hobby / job that in itself, IS victimless.
For the most part, I'm un moved by the pimp/management issue for the same reason. Let's face it. We have no problem with a woman selling pussy, and Lord knows we encourage all women to give pussy freely, so it seems a bit disingenuous to object when a woman gives it freely to someone so they can sell it. (It's a play on Carlin, I know. Forgive me.)
Abuse, addiction, violence, coercion, codependency, etc. are separate issues, and every person decides for themselves how far they can/should go to help others who have run up against these things, and stand against those who instigate them, not just in the hobby, but in life. Frankly, most of us, myself included, come up short on that score.
My problem with provider management is the same as with a lot of business management. They are bad at it. Instead of making the industry run more smoothly with their "management", they gum up the system, slow down the process, add cost, and make it more difficult to find what we are looking for.
For example...
Poorly written ads that have no relation to the services or personality of the lady they are advertising, waste our time and money. I have heard quite a few times lately, and it has happened to me, that the provider says "I didn't write the ad, sorry, I don't do that." Many times it's obvious that the provider hasn't even read the ad. This seems to be a growing problem.
Management answering the e-mail's, texts, and PMs for a provider cause even more problems than the ads. The growing trend of communicating via these methods makes it easy for management to impersonate the provider, and for some odd reason, it's not as funny as the thought of them doing it to each other in the ladies lounge. When I see a provider, and she has no recollection of a conversation we had by text or PM just hours earlier, I immediately feel like I've been conned. I'm seriously considering not allowing those forms of communication for hobby purposes, as this becomes more common.
Let's face it, many here accept the AMPs, and there is an area on the board to prove it, because when management has a "brick and mortar" address they usually also have some business sense, and it helps.
That's the difference between management and pimps. Pimps are so bad at it, they have to use violence, coercion, deception, and sometimes theft, just to hold their business model together. Those things are separate issues from the job of manager.
Flame away!
Ladies with managers
