Comments on: When Did “Pimp” Become a Positive Term?

By: pammy

pammy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:10:17 +0000

And what about the term “sex slave” as in “She/he is my sex slave”?? When did that become a good thing?
Yet, somehow, the younger generation has also found this to be something that says “She/he will do anything (in bed) for me,” and they mean this in a good way, as though a compliment to their partner.
I don’t get it.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:55:55 +0000

It may not be politically correct to say so, but this is just one example of the ghettoization of American culture, and in my view, there’s nothing sillier than White people imitating inner city Black culture.
It would be harmless enough, but with it comes third world social values like mistreatment of women, selfishness, lack of education, violence, undercared for children, and a really shitty standard of living–there’s nothing glamorous about it–you can have it.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:01:39 +0000

What’s funny to me about the whole thing is that the kids who go around (mis)using this word have no idea what an insult it used to be in criminal circles. They see it as a word that legitimizes their “gangsta” status. To them, it’s the best thing one can be. However, all you have to do to disprove this notion is to watch “The Godfather” where Don Corleone sneers “Tataglia’s a pimp, he never could have outfoxed Santino.” To the old guard, calling someone a pimp meant they were the lowest form of criminal. Not legitimate, not classy, and not worth their time. So now when some random kid on the Xbox or the internet claims to be a pimp, I just laugh and agree.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:04:27 +0000

It’s just a shame that a person that basically rapes and imprisons young girls and “pimps” them out to strangers should be lauded so much in this society.. Young girls in general are not only called “hoes” , they are TREATED like that. For instance, while in the music LAB, I was propositioned by a male student as if I was some type of street whore to give him a blowjob and everyone laughed.. I imagine that happens to the younger women all the time. I kindof wish the word “madam” had been glorified instead (a woman that “pimps” out boys, men and women) like the famous madam, Xavier Hollander that always wore the fancy long fur coats and was really tacky or Heidi Fleiss — the famous Hollywood Madam… “That’s so Madaaaam” You Gigolos keep your place! haha and the world would view all successful women as “Madaaaam” and all the men of the world as Gigolos to be their playtoys instead of women as their Hoes…

Anyway, one of our male teacher kept using the word pimp all the time in class and so I brought it up to one of my other male teachers and he thought I was way out of touch with the current times and that it meant nothing and basically made fun of me for taking offense to the word.. That, to me as a female, is almost the same thing as society going around calling people “Master” and using THAT word in a positive light even though they enslaved black people.. Female sex slaves have a “Pimp” like black slaves had a “Master”. But gender prejudice takes a backdoor to racial prejudice by far.. I wish things could change in this country.. but it might take more than just peaceful demonstrations.. I don’t know what it will take..

By: Maeve

Maeve — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:43:46 +0000

Susabelle,
Right. No surprise.

I’m like the Elephant Child: “hot, but not at all astonished.”