"Some women who willingly try out prostitution do not realize until later that they cannot leave. When they try to leave they learn that they must escape their pimps. Rape, kidnapping, and other forms of physical abuse and torture are often systematically practiced as forms of control over women in prostitution. The Council for Prostitution Alternatives in Portland, Oregon, reported that almost half of the 234 women who sought help from them in 1990 reported being raped by pimps, on an average of 16 times per year. Likewise, 49 percent of the women had been kidnapped by pimps. Of 55 women in their program in 1990-91, 63 percent "were horribly beaten by pimps an average of 58 times per year."
http://www.echonyc.com/~onissues/pimping.htm
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