Myth or Reality
#5

Using “pimp” or “pimp up” in our everyday lives (e.g. “Use some bacon to pimp up your recipe”) trivializes sexual exploitation.

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The word “pimp”, commonly used both in French and English, often denotes an improvement in something (“e,g., “pimp my ride”). A pimp derives benefit from arranging the exchange of sexual acts performed by another person. Using the word “pimp” in everyday conversation minimizes the gravity of sexual exploitation and the true nature of what pimps do.