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In American pimp culture, the derogatory terms bottom girl, bottom woman, or bottom bitch[1] refer to a female prostitute who sits atop the hierarchy of prostitutes working for a particular procurer (pimp).[2] A bottom woman is usually the prostitute who has been with the procurer the longest and consistently makes the most money.[3] Being the bottom woman gives the prostitute status and power over the other women working for the same procurer;[3] however, the bottom woman also bears many responsibilities.
Women in this role are often, though not always, victims of human trafficking and exploitation. Use of the term "bottom" is often perpetuated by traffickers who exploit female victim-offenders.[4]
In U.S. v. Pipkins,[5] the Eleventh Circuit described the bottom woman's duties as "work[ing] the track in [her pimp's] stead, running interference for and collecting money from the pimp's other prostitutes, [and] look[ing] after the pimp's affairs if the pimp was out of town, incarcerated, or otherwise unavailable."[5] Similarly, the Training Manual of the Hawaiian Prostitution Intervention Program explains that the bottom woman's obligations may include handling finances, and training and recruiting other prostitutes.[3]
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References
[edit]- ↑ Sisters Offering Support, ALVARO, Prostitution Intervention Program (PIP) Training Manual. Sisters Offering Support is a Hawaii-based NGO. PIP is a "peer-based alternative sentencing program for adult and juvenile prostitution offenders and nonoffenders". PIP Training Manual, 1.
- ↑ Horning, A.; et al. (2019). "Harlem Pimps' Accounts of their Economic Pathways and Feelings of Insiderness and Outsiderness". Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. 7 (3): 69–94. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- 1 2 3 PIP Training Manual, 18.
- ↑ "Victim Offender Intersectionality". Shared Hope International. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- 1 2 "378 F3d 1281 United States v. Pipkins". United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit. December 26, 2004. p. 1281 – via openjurist.org.
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