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Procuring, pimping, or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a
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or other
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in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female, though the term "pimp" has often been used for female procurers as well) or a brothel keeper, is an
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for prostitutes who collects part of their
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. The procurer may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing and possibly monopolizing a location where the prostitute may solicit clients. Like prostitution, the legality of certain actions of a madam or a pimp vary from one region to the next. Examples of procuring include: *
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a person into a country for the purpose of soliciting sex * Operating a business where prostitution occurs * Transporting a prostitute to the location of their arrangement * Deriving financial gain from the prostitution of another


Etymology


''Procurer''

The term ''procurer'' derives from the French .


''Pimping''

The word ''pimp'' first appeared in English in 1600, in
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’s play '' Every Man out of his Humor''.Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “pimp (n.1),” September 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3838950571. It is of unknown origin, while there are several hypotheses about its etymology. ''Pimp'' used as a verb, meaning to act as a pimp, first appeared around 1640 in
Philip Massinger Philip Massinger (1583 – 17 March 1640) was an English dramatist. His plays, including '' A New Way to Pay Old Debts'', '' The City Madam'', and '' The Roman Actor'', are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and soci ...
's play, '' The Bashful Lover''. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was commonly used to refer to
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. A pimp can also mean "a despicable person". Rapper
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tried to redefine the word "pimp" by saying that it is an
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for "positive, intellectual, motivated person". He created a
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with the name "P.I.M.P. Juice Scholarship". Dawn Turner Trice of the ''
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'' argues that there is "something truly unsettling, to say the least, about attaching such a vile word to a scholarship" and expresses concern about the glamorization of the term. In the first years of the 21st century, a new meaning of the word emerged in the form of a transitive verb ''pimp'', which means "to decorate" or "to
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" (compare '' primp'', especially in Scottish usage). This new definition was made popular by ''
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'', an
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television show. Although this new definition paid homage to
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culture and its connection to street culture, it has now entered common, even mainstream commercial, use. In medical contexts, the verb means "to ask (a student) a question for the purpose of testing her or his knowledge".


''Pandering''

The word "pander", meaning to "pimp", is derived from
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, a licentious figure who facilitates the affair between the protagonists in ''
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'', a poem by
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. Pandarus appears with a similar role in
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's interpretation of the story, ''
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''.


Overview

Pimps and madams are diverse and varied, depending on the strata in which they work, and they enter and leave the sex industry for a variety of internal and external reasons, such as family pressure, interactions with the police, and in some cases recruitment from peer sex workers. Procuring can take abusive forms. Madams/pimps may punish clients for physical abuse or failure to pay, and enforce exclusive rights to "turf" where their prostitutes may advertise and operate with less competition. In the many places where prostitution is outlawed, sex workers have decreased incentive to report abuse for fear of
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, and increased motivation to seek any physical protection from clients and law enforcement that a madam/pimp might provide. The madam/pimp–prostitute relationship is often understood to be abusive and possessive, with the pimp/madam using techniques such as psychological intimidation, manipulation, starvation, rape and/or gang rape, beating, tattooing to mark the woman as "theirs", confinement, threats of violence toward the victim's family, forced drug use and the shame from these acts. In some cases, a pimp will
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or abduct a minor and keep them in a
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between acts of forced sexual intercourse. In the US, madams/pimps can be arrested and charged with pandering and are legally known as procurers. A conviction under
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typically requires the procurer to be listed as a sex offender This, combined with the tendency to identify pimping with African-American masculinity, may provide some of the explanation for why approximately three-fifths of all "confirmed" human traffickers in the United States are African-American men. It has recently been argued that some of the extreme examples of violence cited in the article below come primarily from such stereotyping supported by
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screenwriters, selective and decontextualized trial transcripts, and studies that have only interviewed parties to sex commerce in institutions of rescue, prosecution, and punishment, rather than engaging rigorous study ''
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''. A 2018 study by researchers from the University of Montreal divided the concept of a pimp into three distinct categories: "low-profile" (primarily female), "hustlers" (predominantly male and violent, marking the common stereotype), and "abused" (even malefemale split, more likely to be subjected to violence than to commit it).


Legal status and debates about legality

Where prostitution is decriminalized or
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, procuring may or may not be legal. Procuring regulations differ widely from place to place. Procuring and brothels are legal in the
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,
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,
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,
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, and most of
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and
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.


Canada

In
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, there was a legal challenge to prostitution laws, which ended in the 2013 ruling of '' Bedford v. Canada''. In 2010,
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Superior Court Judge Susan Himel overturned the national laws banning
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s and procuring, arguing that they violated the constitution guaranteeing "the right to life, liberty and security".Canadian judge overturns brothel ban in Ontario
BBC News. 29 September 2010.
In 2012, the
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reaffirmed the unconstitutionality of the laws. The case was appealed by the
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, and was under trial in the
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in June 2013. Since the passing of the ''
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'' in 2014, Canada has followed the Nordic model of prostitution, which makes pimping and the purchasing of sexual services illegal.


United Nations

The
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1949
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 December 1949, and entered into force on 25 July 1951. The preamble states: ...
requires state signatories to ban pimping and brothels, and to abolish regulation of individual prostitutes. It states:
Whereas prostitution and the accompanying evil of the traffic in persons for the purpose of prostitution are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and endanger the welfare of the individual, the family and the community
The convention reads:
Article 1 The Parties to the present Convention agree to punish any person who, to gratify the passions of another: (1) Procures, entices or leads away, for purposes of prostitution, another person, even with the consent of that person; (2) Exploits the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person. Article 2 The Parties to the present Convention further agree to punish any person who: (1) Keeps or manages, or knowingly finances or takes part in the financing of a brothel; (2) Knowingly lets or rents a building or other place or any part thereof for the purpose of the prostitution of others.
Various UN commissions however have differing positions on the issue. For example, in 2012, a
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commission convened by Ban Ki-moon and backed by
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and UNAIDS, recommended the decriminalization of brothels and procuring.


United States

Attempts have been made in the US to charge pornographic-film producers with pandering under state law. The case of '' California v. Freeman'' in 1989 is one of the most prominent examples where a producer/director of pornographic films was charged with pandering under the argument that paying porn actors to perform sex on camera was a form of prostitution covered by a state anti-pandering statute. The State Supreme Court rejected this argument, finding that the California pandering statute was not intended to cover the hiring of actors who would be engaging in sexually explicit but non-obscene performances. It also stated that only in cases where the producer paid the actors for the purpose of sexually gratifying themselves or other actors, could the producer be charged with pandering under state law. This case effectively legalized pornography in the State of California. In 2008, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued a similar ruling (''New Hampshire v. Theriault'') which declared that producing pornography was not a form of prostitution under state law.


Business and methods

Pimping is typically operated like a business. The pimp may have a bottom girl who serves as office manager, keeping the pimp apprised of law-enforcement activity and collecting money from the prostitutes. Pimps recognize a
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among themselves. In certain pimp strata, the least respected, or newer pimps, are the "popcorn pimps" and "wannabes". "Popcorn pimps" was a phenomenon which occurred among adolescent cocaine users of both sexes who utilized children younger than themselves to support their habits. A pimp who uses violence and intimidation to control his prostitutes is called a "guerrilla pimp", while those who use psychological trickery to deceive younger prostitutes into becoming hooked into the system are called "finesse pimps". In addition, a prostitute may "bounce" from pimp to pimp without paying the "pimp moving" tax. Some pimps in the United States are also documented
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members, which causes concerns for police agencies in jurisdictions where prostitution is a significant problem. Pimping rivals narcotic sales as a major source of funding for many gangs. Gangs need money to survive, and money equates to power and respect. While selling drugs may be lucrative for a gang, this activity often carries significant risk as stiff legal penalties and harsh mandatory minimum sentencing laws exist. However, with pimping, gang members still make money while the prostitutes themselves bear the majority of the risk. Pimping has several benefits to the gang that the pimp belongs to. These benefits include helping the gang recruit new members because the gang has women available for sex, and the money brought in by prostitution allows gang members to buy cars, clothes and weapons, all of which help to recruit younger members into the gang by increasing the reputation of the gang in the local gang subculture.


Violence

Some pimp businesses have an internal structure – built around violence – for dealing with rule breakers. For example, some pimps have been known to employ a "pimp stick", which is two coat hangers wrapped together, in order to subdue unruly prostitutes. Although prostitutes can move between pimps, this movement sometimes leads to violence. For example, a prostitute could be punished for merely looking at another pimp; this is considered in some pimp milieus to be "reckless eyeballing". Violence can also be used on customers, for example if the customer attempts to evade payment or becomes unruly with a prostitute.


Grooming

Some pimps employ what is known as the "Loverboy" or "Romeo pimp" method to recruit new prostitutes. This involves entrapping potential victims (usually young or vulnerable women) by first forming what appears to the victim to be a romantic relationship. After an initial period of "
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", the treatment of the victim then becomes abusive, and the victim is then forced into sex work by the pimp.


Use of tattoos

Some pimps in America tattoo prostitutes as a mark of "ownership". The tattoo will often be the pimp's street name or even his likeness. The mark might be as discreet as ankle tattoo, or blatant as a neck or face tattoo or large scale font across the prostitute's lower back, thigh, chest, or buttocks.


Internet effect

Since the
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became widely available, prostitutes increasingly use websites to solicit sexual encounters. This has bypassed the need for pimps in some contexts, while some pimps have used these sites to broker their sex workers.


Criticism of portrayals

Some scholars and sex workers' rights advocates dispute portrayals of third-party agents as violent and extremely committed to a pimp subculture, finding them inaccurate exaggerations used to foster harmful policies. For example, one study found that pimps tend to drift in and out of pimping, with some of their goals and identities classified as predominantly mainstream, some as predominantly outside of that mainstream, and some as a hybrid of conventional and non-conventional.


In popular culture

* Elizabeth Adams *
Polly Adler Pearl "Polly" Adler (April 16, 1900 – June 9, 1962) was an American madam and author, best known for her work ''A House Is Not a Home'', which was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2021, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Debby Applega ...
* Ah Toy * Brenda Allen *
Sydney Biddle Barrows Sydney Biddle Barrows (born January 14, 1952) is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management co ...
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Scotty Bowers George Albert "Scotty" Bowers (July 1, 1923 – October 13, 2019), active from 1945 to 1980, is best known for procuring prostitutes for Hollywood industry insiders, many closeted about bisexual or homosexual liaisons. Bowers was described as ...
* Belle Cora *
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Kristin M. Davis Kristin M. Davis, previously known as the Manhattan Madam, is a former madam who was known for running a high-end prostitution ring in New York City which claimed to have offered its services to several high-profile clients, including Eliot Spitze ...
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Shirley Finn Shirley June Finn, given name, née Shewring (2 November 1941 – 22 or 23 June 1975), was an Australian brothel keeper, nightclub operator and socialite who was shot dead at about midnight on 22–23 June 1975 in Perth, Western Australia. Her b ...
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Heidi Fleiss Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30, 1965) is an American former madam. She ran an upscale prostitution ring based in Los Angeles and is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam". Fleiss also formerly worked as a columnist and was a television ...
* Marguerite Gourdan *
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*
Dennis Hof Dennis Leroy Hof (October 14, 1946 – October 16, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He owned seven Prostitution in Nevada, legal brothels in Nevada, most notably the Moonlite BunnyRanch. Hof was also a Republican Party (United S ...
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Xaviera Hollander Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a Dutch former call girl, madam and author. She is best known for her best-selling memoir '' The Happy Hooker: My Own Story''. Early life Hollander was born Xaviera de Vries in Surabaya, Japanese-occupi ...
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Don "Magic" Juan Don "Magic" Juan, (born Donald Campbell November 30, 1949, also known as The Chairman of the Board, Archbishop Don 'Da Magic' Juan, Bishop Don Magic Juan, or just Bishop) is an American preacher, hip hop personality, actor, fashion designer and f ...
* Mary-Anne Kenworthy * Gangubai Kothewali * Isabel La Negra *
Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell ( ; born 25 December 1961) is a British-French-American former socialite and convicted sex offender. She was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased financier and ...
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Enriqueta Martí Enriqueta Martí Ripollés (1868 – 12 May 1913) was a Spanish child serial killer, kidnapper, prostitute and Procuring (prostitution), procuress of children. She was called "The Vampire of carrer Ponent", "The Vampire of Barcelona" and "The Va ...
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Elizabeth Needham Elizabeth Needham (died 3 May 1731), also known as Mother Needham, was an English procuress and brothel-keeper of 18th-century London, who has been identified as the bawd greeting Moll Hackabout in the first plate of William Hogarth's series of ...
* Dora Noyce * Deborah Jeane Palfrey * Justine Paris * Grace Peixotto * Lovisa von Plat * Jurjentje Aukes Rauwerda *
Lindi St Clair Marian June Akin (born 11 August 1952), formerly known professionally as Lindi St Clair or Lindi St Claire, is a British author, leader of the Corrective Party, and campaigner for prostitutes' rights. Originally a prostitute, but now retired an ...
* Fillmore Slim *
Iceberg Slim Robert Beck (born Robert Lee Maupin or Robert Moppins Jr.; August 4, 1918 – April 28, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp who later became a writer. Beck's 1967 memoir, ''Pimp: The Story of My Life'' sold very well, ...
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Sally Stanford Sally Stanford (née Mabel Janice Busby, and political pseudonym Marsha Owen; May 5, 1903 – February 1, 1982) was an American madam, restaurateur, city council member, and a former mayor of Sausalito, California. From 1940 to 1949, she was madam ...
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Al Swearengen Ellis Alfred Swearengen (July 8, 1845 – November 15, 1904) was an American pimp and entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, a notorious brothel, in Deadwood, South Dakota, for 22 years during the late 19th century. Personal life Sw ...
* Anna Wilson *
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, 1622 File:The contented cuckold (BM 1996,0608.1 1).jpg, English engraving from 1673 titled "The Contented
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". The final line reads "the disgrace is my wife's; the profit mine". File:Jan G. van Bronckhorst The procuress.jpg, ''The procuress'' by Jan G. van Bronckhorst, 1636–1638 File:Bijlert At the procuress.jpg, ''At the procuress'', by
Jan van Bijlert Jan Hermansz van Bijlert (1597 or 1598 – November 1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht, one of the Utrecht Caravaggisti whose style was influenced by Caravaggio. He spent some four years in Italy and was one of the founders of th ...
, second quarter of 17th century (Albi) Au Salon de la rue des Moulins - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1894 MTL.inv180( small).jpg, ''In Salon of Rue des Moulins'', (
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), by
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Count, ''Comte'' Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colour ...
, 1894
In 1999, the
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released a documentary titled ''
American Pimp ''American Pimp'' is a 1999 documentary that examines the pimp subculture in the United States. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers, the filmmakers behind ''Menace II Society'' and ''Dead Presidents''. The documentary consists of first pe ...
'' consisting of first-person interviews with people involved in pimping in the United States.


See also

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References


External links

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