What does sagging your pants in prison mean?
sexual activity
It is also said that in prison sagging pants was a sign that identified inmates to more masculine prisoners as available for sexual activity and what better way than displaying their buttocks proudly in a manner reminiscent of the proud peacock displaying his tail feathers to attract a mate.
Why do people wear sagging pants in prison?
One of the theories held by those who claim sagging trousers came from prison argued that those who did so were simply sending a message to fellow inmates that they were okay with homos*xual relationships.
Why do people wear their pants way down?
Claim: The fashion of sagging one’s pants was born of a prison mode of signaling sexual availability. We were talking about how the kids are wearing the pants way down on their body with the crotch at their knees.
Why did prisoners wear their pants at half mast?
This combination of factors led to inmates’ trousers riding at half-mast much of the time. As prisoners were released they continued to wear their trousers sagged and it wasn’t long before it creeped into the Hip-Hop dress code.
Why are they not allowed to wear belts in prison?
Back then prisoners weren’t allowed to have belts, because prison officials feared inmates would use them to hang themselves. Because of this rule all prisoners wore their pants below their waist, as the years progressed, homosexual rape became a norm in prisons.
Why are prisoners supposed to wear their pants low?
Another story goes that some prisoners would wear their pants low to let other inmates know they were sexually available. Both have been tentpoles of “scared straight” arguments against sagging for a long time.
Why did people start wearing sagging pants in prison?
One of the most widely repeated stories proposes that in the American prison system, sagging pants were a sign of ‘sexual availability’ and that this is where the trend first originated. Another rumour is that gang members in the states took to wearing their jeans in this way, as it made it easier for them to conceal weapons.
Claim: The fashion of sagging one’s pants was born of a prison mode of signaling sexual availability. We were talking about how the kids are wearing the pants way down on their body with the crotch at their knees.
Why are baggy pants called ” jailin ” pants?
A friend told me recently that the “gang” style of baggy pants showing your underwear (called “jailin”) was originally a prison code signifying that the man wearing them was willing to be, er, the “girlfriend” of some other man/men. [Collected on the Internet, August 2011]
