#also ofc it’s v relevant to discuss how Black men have been stereotyped in the context of pimping and the larger movement to criminalize

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I know that talking about Louis’s history as a pimp can very quickly become an extremely touchy subject, and for good reason, but the idea that pimps have not historically been exploitative is. Just sort of not at all grounded in reality. Obviously there’s certainly a lot of variation in exactly what the relationship between a pimp and their employees can look like. But it should also be obvious that even if a pimp is not behaving in a way that is personally exploitative, that the system they’re a part of is still placing them in a position of power over the people who are working for them.

This isn’t bc sex work is inherently bad or that it can’t be ethical, it’s bc things like misogyny and classism and misogynoir still exist when you work in the sex industry.