Pimps Up Ho
Daniel Morrison
Jared
English 1020
27 October 2014
In a generation where women have done extraordinary things such as run for Vice President, they are still seen by most men as their personal toys or objects. And to top it off, young men are starting to see women as such as well. Due to these “icons” such as DMX, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, etc. are idolized by the youth but decide to relay the wrong message. Their constant use of bitches, sluts, ho’s, to describe women have been implanted in the youth and they believe it is okay to say. Not only have they implanted derogatory words, but have implanted negative perspective of women. More specifically, men and women alike have a misconception of “groupies”. Sharply Whiting in her book Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Woman, she addresses society’s stereotypes and misconceptions of groupies and the mindset of a lot of these women.
In chapter 5 (I’m a Hustla Baby: Groupie Love) of Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women, Whiting takes the time to define and evaluate society’s view of groupies. The term “groupie” describes women who pursue sexual relations with celebrities; particularly athletes and musical artist. The word originated from the 1960s-1970s from Rolling Stone’s bassist Bill Wyman as a code word for the woman on tour. Whiting not only takes the time to define groupie, but analyzes a few women who lived that groupie lifestyle. She first analyzed rock n roll groupies. Pamela Des Barres, a rock groupie from back in the late 80’s, who explained the life of a rock groupie in her book I’m With a Band: Confessions of a Groupie. Des Barres mentions the “drug abuse, depression, sex, and her naïve disappointment with feckless rock stars” but also describes that in her era, that the “knee bending and head bobbing” was the purpose of the groupies in her era. These women accepted the roles because they used it as a way to express their sexual liberalism.
On the contrary to rock
Jared
English 1020
27 October 2014
In a generation where women have done extraordinary things such as run for Vice President, they are still seen by most men as their personal toys or objects. And to top it off, young men are starting to see women as such as well. Due to these “icons” such as DMX, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, etc. are idolized by the youth but decide to relay the wrong message. Their constant use of bitches, sluts, ho’s, to describe women have been implanted in the youth and they believe it is okay to say. Not only have they implanted derogatory words, but have implanted negative perspective of women. More specifically, men and women alike have a misconception of “groupies”. Sharply Whiting in her book Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Woman, she addresses society’s stereotypes and misconceptions of groupies and the mindset of a lot of these women.
In chapter 5 (I’m a Hustla Baby: Groupie Love) of Pimps up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women, Whiting takes the time to define and evaluate society’s view of groupies. The term “groupie” describes women who pursue sexual relations with celebrities; particularly athletes and musical artist. The word originated from the 1960s-1970s from Rolling Stone’s bassist Bill Wyman as a code word for the woman on tour. Whiting not only takes the time to define groupie, but analyzes a few women who lived that groupie lifestyle. She first analyzed rock n roll groupies. Pamela Des Barres, a rock groupie from back in the late 80’s, who explained the life of a rock groupie in her book I’m With a Band: Confessions of a Groupie. Des Barres mentions the “drug abuse, depression, sex, and her naïve disappointment with feckless rock stars” but also describes that in her era, that the “knee bending and head bobbing” was the purpose of the groupies in her era. These women accepted the roles because they used it as a way to express their sexual liberalism.
On the contrary to rock