Amigomio has a point, maybe times the behavior of a pimp vs padrote is different, as a padrote can be all encompassing, and many times wearing different hats of even being a real husband, boyfriend, and having an actual close relationship. ( the macho attitude is more embraced in Mexico than the US, where only pimps and right-wingers hold the view women are weak second class citizens)
The pimp in the states has a more superficial relationship based more on deceit than anything, and the hoe is part of the stable of girls. ( the hoes in the states will say he is my pimp, whereas when I asked SGs if they had padrotes, a few told they had a novio, which I took for being her padrote)
Although I understand the pimp hoe relationship can be strong, and take on the "WE"( pimp & hoe) team taking on the world.
I understand there are many there that believe that "ALL" prostitutes are controlled by someone, either a pimp, padrote, mamasum..etc etc.( I think we have a few on sex forums)
However, I believe there are many prostitutes out there who are in this business for themselves, although they are poor and don't have many options....they still choose this life because they enjoy the money and aren't controlled by anybody, and that includes a great deal of SGs.
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There is one thing about this whole pimp/patrote thing that always has me wondering:
Most of these chicas(SGs) are dirt poor with at least one child, and maybe also support their mother or other family members.
How does the padrote/pimp fit it, when traditionally pimps keep ALL the girls money she gets from prostitution. Do you think she is going to let a padrote keep all her money when her child is starving back home?( if its' a real pimp you can't allow the prostitute access to the money or you start losing control.)
If this padrote thing was so strong in Mexico, you would think it would also go on in the "escort" business. ( and somebody did once tell me that there was somebody out there keeping 100% of a escorts money! [I'm not sure who it is, but it's nobody that has been on these boards)
But if you ask me, almost all escorts keep most of the money, because Mexican girls care about money, and know how important money is, and just won't fall for the scams as much as the US hoes do.
As I said before, in Mexico it's "money talks, and bullshit walks." And if pimpin was that easy, everybody would be doing it.