Bottom girl

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In American pimp culture, the terms bottom girl, bottom woman, or bottom bitch [1] refer to a prostitute who sits atop the hierarchy of prostitutes working for a particular pimp. [2] A bottom bitch is usually the prostitute who has been with the pimp the longest and consistently makes the most money. [3] Being the bottom bitch gives the prostitute status and power over the other women working for her pimp; [3] however, the bottom bitch also bears many responsibilities.

In U.S. v. Pipkins, [4] the Eleventh Circuit described the bottom bitch'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." [4] Similarly, the Training Manual of the Hawaiian Prostitution Intervention Program explains that the bottom bitch's obligations may include handling finances, and training and recruiting other prostitutes. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 PIP Training Manual, 18.
  4. 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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