Pick Up Artist Techniques

“Negging” refers to giving a woman a backhanded compliment; “pawning” is the use of a woman to show one's social value to...

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

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

somewhat oblique things such as: “You are not a mass-market product,” and, “If you are getting rejected, you haven’t worked out what...

Neil Strauss’ 2005 book, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, made a month-long appearance on the New York Times bestseller list...

Mike and Raj (not their real names) circle the bar, scanning for women, drinks held at an awkward right angle to their chests.He says reassuring...

Today people rarely identify as PUAs, says Jane Ward, professor of gender and sexuality studies at University of California Riverside: "They have rebranded."Strauss has...

"outer game", where the former relates to techniques directed towards increasing one's self-confidence and mindset, whilst the latter are about actual interaction with...

as competition." An article in the claimed that pickup artist activity "isn't the lechfest it might sound like".com defending the community: "It's no more...

“Negging” refers to giving a woman a backhanded compliment; “pawning” is the use of a woman to show one's social value to other...