Pick Up Artist

This covert nice guy ploy is nothing new: covert narcissists have been using it for decades underhandedly to misrepresent...

Neil Strauss’ 2005 book, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, made a month-long...

One almost universal meme within the PUA community is the use of "negging," the "push/pull technique," or other variants on the old "treat...

They pretend to ask for directions, and after the woman has pointed out the route, say: “Actually I just...

This covert nice guy ploy is nothing new: covert narcissists have been using it for decades underhandedly to misrepresent their intentions and...

Avoid seeing women as conquests and men as competition." An article in the claimed that pickup artist activity "isn't the lechfest it...

That idea doesn't exist anymore," says Sampson.Sampson finds dating apps frustrating for the superficiality of the connection: "It...

"Some even use 'statements of vulnerability' to amplify the perception that they're sensitive and relatable." According to him, this typically works because many singles are...

As the authors of the study note, “One key pattern associated with the development of a close relationship among peers is sustained,...

i, Stock Speaking over Zoom, Elise is at pains to stress that he is not a spokesperson for The Game, or even a PUA (though...