Welcome to the Manosphere: Pick-up Artists, Incels, and the Seduction Community

What's the difference between an MRA and a MGTOW? Should you even care? Probably not, but we'll tell you anyway. Join the guys for a weird and occasionally uncomfortable journey through the confused, incestuous network of online communities collectively known as the manosphere. 

*TW: There is discussion of sensitive topics in this episode, including brief references to sexual assault.*

In this episode:

• The history of PUAs
• Ovid and the Ars Amatoria ("Art of Love")
• Don Juan (Don Giovanni) 
• Giacomo Casanova
• Jack Hanley and Being a Gentlemen's Guide to Guide to Scientific Seduction in 8 Easy Steps
• Norton Hughes Johnathan's Guide Book for the Young Man About Town
• Eric Weber and How to Pick Up Girls!
• Neil Strauss and The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
• Mystery (Erik Von Markovik)
• PUA Techniques and Terminology:
  • Peacocking
  • Negging
  • Approach Anxiety
  • Targets, Sets
  • Sarging
  • Last Minute Resistance
  • Assuming Familiarity
  • Keno Escalation/Compliance Test
  • HBs and the hotness scale
• Template of a pickup
• Dr. Bianca Fileborn
• VH1 and The Pickup Artist
• The Manoshpere:
  • Men's Rights Activists
  • MGTOWs
  • Incels
  • Red Pill
• The appeal of PUA

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