Selling Olga #2 (book)

As I continued reading this book I learned a lot about the relationships between trafficked women and their pimps. This quote does a lot to explain the relationship, "He is her tormentor and provider. He is a brute who may rape her and probably beats her but it often the only friend that she has left in the world. He feeds her and starves her. He may show her physical affection and then rent her out to half a dozen men for the night afterwards. He is her only guarantee of personal safety but might threaten her every day (36)" It is hard for me to understand this relationship because it seems to me like the pimp plays two different roles, one being like a father figure the other being an aggressive kidnapper. The pimp tricks the women into believing that he cares for her and their relationship means something when in reality he is exploiting her and using her for his own selfish benefit. Throughout my research I learned that most pimps don't get arrested because it is hard to prove that pimps control their prostitutes and make them sell their bodies. If the pimps are not arrested or caught then the prostitution industry will keep thriving.