Yeah. Dad just told her he’s not changing %, that’s not negotiable, they agreed to a number and that’s it, if she doesn’t find it ok she’s free to find another “manager”; but he won’t be blackmailed or commanded, so if she wants to report him she can go ahead. From what I know, he not only provided protection, but also managed online profiles (advertising, marketing), procured clients himself, arranged locations & transport, texted with prospective clients in the name of the women if they were unavailable / not wanted to talk, made sure the locations (rented apartments) were always supplied with the necessary products, etc. Kind of like an entertainment manager.
In that context, that paints a very different picture of your Dad than what I read originally. Apart from general “issues” with prostitution as a business, I’m not sure I could say your Dad was really doing anything “wrong”, apart from facilitating an illegal business, but from what you’re describing, he seemed to do it in a relatively fair way (assuming whatever %'s they were operating under wasn’t exploitative, but I don’t even know what the cut-off is). It’s kind of a morally ambiguous crime based on what you’ve written (also assuming no trafficking or coercion or anything like).
Had it been my Dad, I don’t know that it’d be the sort of thing I’d disown him over, but I’m a guy with lenient views of prostitution anyways, so you may feel quite differently about it. Hopefully he’s able to stay out of trouble and transition to more legal ventures, I know how hard it can be for people to get out of the legal system once you start getting caught up with all sorts of restrictive conditions and such. Oftentimes it seems like the legal system is design to keep people spiraling around the drain more than it is trying to help people get better.
The crazy part is that he already has (and had) a successful legal venture (business)! He did all of this as a side quest and because he found the work fun; not because he needed money. Which is why none of the women were forced to work with him, because unlike most pimps, he wasn’t depended on the money made from the women. This is why the woman who reported him got told by him to find another man or go solo if she’s dissatisfied; most pimps would never let you just quit like that.
Yeah. Dad just told her he’s not changing %, that’s not negotiable, they agreed to a number and that’s it, if she doesn’t find it ok she’s free to find another “manager”; but he won’t be blackmailed or commanded, so if she wants to report him she can go ahead. From what I know, he not only provided protection, but also managed online profiles (advertising, marketing), procured clients himself, arranged locations & transport, texted with prospective clients in the name of the women if they were unavailable / not wanted to talk, made sure the locations (rented apartments) were always supplied with the necessary products, etc. Kind of like an entertainment manager.
In that context, that paints a very different picture of your Dad than what I read originally. Apart from general “issues” with prostitution as a business, I’m not sure I could say your Dad was really doing anything “wrong”, apart from facilitating an illegal business, but from what you’re describing, he seemed to do it in a relatively fair way (assuming whatever %'s they were operating under wasn’t exploitative, but I don’t even know what the cut-off is). It’s kind of a morally ambiguous crime based on what you’ve written (also assuming no trafficking or coercion or anything like).
Had it been my Dad, I don’t know that it’d be the sort of thing I’d disown him over, but I’m a guy with lenient views of prostitution anyways, so you may feel quite differently about it. Hopefully he’s able to stay out of trouble and transition to more legal ventures, I know how hard it can be for people to get out of the legal system once you start getting caught up with all sorts of restrictive conditions and such. Oftentimes it seems like the legal system is design to keep people spiraling around the drain more than it is trying to help people get better.
The crazy part is that he already has (and had) a successful legal venture (business)! He did all of this as a side quest and because he found the work fun; not because he needed money. Which is why none of the women were forced to work with him, because unlike most pimps, he wasn’t depended on the money made from the women. This is why the woman who reported him got told by him to find another man or go solo if she’s dissatisfied; most pimps would never let you just quit like that.