1. Traffickers
Chapter 6

2. Question
Were you surprised by Keosha’s story? Why or why not?

3. Types of Traffickers Pimps-as-Traffickers Strong-Arm Pimp
Boyfriend Pimp
Non-intimate partner Pimp
Familial Traffickers
Buyers as Traffickers
Types are fluid, and can overlap

4. Pimps As Traffickers
Not all pimps are traffickers, but those who pimp minors, or induce others by force fraud or coercion are legally traffickers

5. The Strong -Arm PImp
This is what we hear about most in the media, but it is actually the least common form of sex trafficking
This involves kidnapping/abduction and brute force
Sometimes this involves forced drug use
The Polaris Project reported that kidnapping/abduction is involved in 7% of cases

6. The Boyfriend pimp
Among women and girls who are trafficked, this is a very common form
Young men and boys may also have a boyfriend pimp
Extension of IPV

7. Non-Intimate Partner Pimps
Can overlap with other types, simply a pimp who does not have an intimate partner relationship with the survivor/victim
The strong arm pimp
False front businesses/ bait and switch
Debt bondage
Sex-work-turned-sex-trafficking
Familial traffickers

8. Familial Traffickers Parents or other relatives
Often a mother, father, or mother’s boyfriend
Intergenerational transmission of prostitution
Settling a drug debt
Obtaining money for drugs
To pay the rent or other bills
Can involve pornography, prostitution, stripping

9. Buyers as Traffickers U.S. V Jungers U.S. V Bonestroo
Purchasing sex with a minor

10. Traffickers—Who Are They, and Why Do They Do It?
Irony– same risk factors as those who are trafficked
Background of victimization, marginalization, problematic home lives, poverty, lack of educational opportunities, community and intergenerational normalization of pimping, childhood neglect and abuse, domestic violence
Social environments produce traffickers & pimps/ sociological perspective

11. Questions Why might this knowledge be important?
Let’s discuss the prevention implications in this reading.

12. Pop Culture and the Normalization of Pimping
Now, not all pimping is trafficking.
Many of the examples of pimping in the second part of the chapter do not reflect trafficking.
Yet, I’d like you to consider how our culture glorifies pimps, or at least normalizes them.
What effect might that have?
What does it mean when elements of our society contribute to a social environment when pimping and sometimes even related violence is viewed as normal, funny, or deserving of high status?

13. Question
Do an Internet search for “pimp T-shirt.” Click on “Images.” Describe what you see.
Do the same for “pimp Halloween costume.”
What might such images represent to people who have been trafficked or exploited?

14. Normalization? Language Iconic Figures Celebrity Pimps Music Lyrics
Pimp Manuals

15. Discussion Questions
1. Discuss the use of the term “pimp” in contemporary language and music lyrics. Is this problematic? In what ways? 2. Explain the role of white consumers in perpetuating music lyrics that disproportionately marginalize and victimize Black women. 3. Do an internet search and analyze the lyrics of any of the songs depicted in this chapter.