Pimp stick

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A pimp stick is a clothes hanger made of wire that pimps use for battering prostitutes.[1] A pimp normally begins using a pimp stick to batter their prostitute once unsubstantiated threats no longer motivate the prostitute to continue in the sex industry.[2] Once heated with a stove or lighter, pimp sticks may be used to burn victims.[3] After exiting prostitution, Rachel Lloyd attested to being battered by her pimp with a pimp stick composed of multiple wire clothes hangers twisted together. She said that her pimp used this pimp stick on her each night after she had given him all of her money.[4] Former child prostitute Natasha Falle also said her pimp battered her with a pimp stick, which he heated on a stove.[5] After being removed from a news conference relating to Bedford v. Canada, Bridget Perrier, another former child prostitute, demonstrated a pimp stick to the media, saying that she had been battered with a pimp stick by her pimp every day that he prostituted her.[6] In 2011, the first woman to have her criminal record of prostitution erased under a new human trafficking law in New York said that she would not be able to forget the pimp-stick beatings she received from her pimp.[7] In the song "Pussy Sells" on the album The Eastsidaz, rapper Goldie Loc describes how he will use a pimp stick on prostitutes if he does not receive a portion of the money they make.[8] Through another song's lyrics, hip hop musician Common claims that his pimp stick can transform into a staff similar to the staff of Moses.[9] In the film Vice Squad, Ramrod, a pimp, commonly uses this instrument of torture to injure prostitutes' vaginas.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Tom Dalzell, ed. (2013). The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 750. ISBN 1134194781. 
  2. ↑ Michael Weinberg (2009). Careers in Crime: An Applicant's Guide. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 0740788957. 
  3. ↑ Rochelle L. Dalla; Lynda M. Baker, John Defrain, Celia Williamson (2011). Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: Europe, Latin America, North America, and Global (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. Table 16.2. ISBN 0739143875. 
  4. ↑ Rachel Lloyd (2011). Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself. HarperCollins. p. 87. ISBN 0062105744. 
  5. ↑ Licia Corbella (June 8, 2013). "Allowing brothels will make things worse for prostitutes". Calgary Herald. Retrieved July 18, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Adrian Humphreys (March 26, 2012). "Former and current sex workers at odds over prostitution ruling". National Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Barbara Goldberg (September 21, 2011). "New Yorker expunges prostitution record under trafficking law". Reuters. Retrieved July 21, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Jennifer M. Pemberton (2008). "Now I Ain't Sayin' She's a Gold Digger": African American Femininities in Rap Music Lyrics (Thesis). Florida State University. p. 95. ISBN 0549730893. 
  9. ↑ Ytasha L. Womack (2007). "A Christmas Story". In Kenji Jasper, Ytasha L. Womack. Beats, Rhymes, and Life: What We Love and Hate about Hip-hop (Random House): 137. ISBN 0767919777. 
  10. ↑ Russell Campbell (2006). Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 356. ISBN 029921253X. 
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