Types of pimps.

From the 52 types of pimps listed in Alfred "Bilbo" Gholson's The Pimp's Bible: The Sweet Science of Sin, a small press book published near me that is the take on the pimping business by a local guy who was in the business for over 40 years:

#27. THE WEAK PIMP.

The Weak Pimp is the real pretty boy. In fact, he is so pretty he should have been a girl. He out-shines all of his girls and instead of being their protector, they protect him. He is scared to death and his women are his strength. If he is an octoroon with colored eyes and curly hair, he is probably surrounded by those big dark-skinned, husky women. He reminds them of the dolls that they never had as children and they would kill a brick for him. If a gangster, bully, or gorilla pimp comes on the scene and says anything, the weak pimp grins, whether it's funny or not and if it wasn't for the strength of his women, the other pimps would eat him alive...

#36. THE DUMB PIMP.

The Dumb Pimp is easily led. Usually the other pimps know he's dumb. If he has a nice little dish and the rest of the pimps are trying to knock him (steal his woman), they just tell him that she is not bringing home enough money for the way she looks and that if he had her, he'd break that bitch's arms. And besides, they wouldn't let a woman talk to them like the dumb pimp's woman talks to him. The dumb pimp will go for real and break her arm. Then the slick pimp gets her, nurses her back to health and keeps her.

That Gholson guy is a very perceptive writer. He seems to not only intuitively understand personalities and social dynamics, but lay them out clearly for the reader. A lot of the characterizations remind me of the Ancient Greek lists of personalities (e.g. misers, lotharios, etc.) that appear as dramatis personae.