Slim Pickin’ for UT Women vs. Pimps and Prostitutes

To the Minaret Editor,

I’m just wondering how the title ‘Female to Male Ratio Makes Average Male UT Student a ‘Pimp’’ by Love and Sex columnist Hannah Webster got past your editing room. Does the Minaret view the University of Tampa as a brothel?

I know I sound prudish and that the article was meant in a light tone, but in reality I’m more offended by the improper choice for the lack of a more fitting word, especially in the title. To pimp or be a pimp (generally a male role) is to solicit other human beings for sex for personal profit. One does not complete the definition of pimp without the use of a harem of prostitutes: is that what the female students are in this case?

If the roles were switched and the males outpopulated the females with the title being changed to reflect the gender (the word pimp replaced with prostitute, call girl, harlot, slut, or whatever), I’m sure there would be quite an outcry.

-Katie Raines, UT Student