One of the questions raised during our class discussion on Thursday was, why is there a double standard between girls and boys with pimp/slut? When dealing with terms like pimp and slut, the underlying message of the words is sexuality. When it comes to men, women, and sexuality there has always been a double standard and I assume there will always be. As we’ve discussed in class on numerous occasions, society or the big D discourse shows us men are expected to go out and “plant seeds” and “conquer” as many woman as they can. One can even look in other cultures like countries within Africa where men have and/or are encouraged to have multiple wives or like on TLC’s show Sister Wives where it documents a man and his 4 wives. With these and acts and others like it society tells us behavior like this is ok for men or what they should be doing, where in contrast women are told to “close their legs” or to “save themselves”. So when terms like pimp and slut come up it would only make sense that if both words mean multiple sex partners the one in relation to a man would be good and the one for a woman bad. Some of my classmates said it’s because of what we expect from each other man to man and woman to woman, but is it was really expect from each or what society has told us to expect from each other???? Personally what someone has going on in their bedroom is their business and I could care less, as long as if what you’re doing has no direct effect on me. Both men and women who sleep around should be viewed the same way, although they never will be, and that’s because society has predetermined that for us. In popular music we see this all the time, case in point 50 cent’s 2003 song, P.I.M.P. he raps “ Man this hoe you can have her, when I'm done I ain't gon keep her Man, b_tches come and go, every n_gga pimpin know You saying it's secret, but you ain't gotta keep it on the low.” As he raps he’s well aware that pimping for men is just something that’s done and it’s not a secret.
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