In American pimp culture, a bottom girl, bottom woman, or bottom bitch[1] is a term for 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.
  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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