Pickup artist
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A pickup artist, commonly abbreviated PUA,[1] in seduction community is a term used to describe a man who is or who at least strives to be skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women.
The use of "pickup" in this context, slang for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations,[2] dates from at least 1970 and the book How to Pick Up Girls by Eric Weber. The phrase was also popularized by Pick-Up Times, a short-lived 1970s magazine and the 1987 semi-autobiographical film, The Pick-up Artist, written and directed by James Toback.[3]
The term pickup artist (PUA) is also associated with the seduction community, a male subculture based on the goal of improved sexual and romantic abilities with women. Pickup artists develop pickup lines similar to, yet more complex than the stereotypical chat up lines. Routines and gambits are developed to stimulate "attraction switches" often combined with techniques derived from Neuro-linguistic programming. "Natural PUAs" or "Natural Gamers" use both self-help and an understanding of social psychology to achieve this. They aim to improve their seductive capabilities through the development of attractive lifestyles.
The term pickup artist received increased attention in 2005 upon the arrival of Neil Strauss's bestselling book, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, also in 2007, from the reality television series, The Pick-up Artist, shown on VH1, starring Mystery, JDOG, and Matador, well-known pickup artists from the seduction community. The Pick-up Artist has since aired its second season, and there are also a number of PUA related movies currently in development.
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- ↑ Strauss, Neil (2005). The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-055473-8
- ↑ "pickup". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition. 2000. Retrieved on August 26 2007
- ↑ Strauss (2005), p. 124, 144.
- Berkowitz, A. (August 11 2007]]). "Single Files: You, too, can be a pickup artist". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved on August 20 2007.
- Getches, Catherine (July 2 2002). "The original pick-up artist". Salon.com. Retrieved on August 25 2007.
- Mapes, Diane (August 15 2007). "The Singles File: Is 'The Game' reduced to target and ambush?". Seattle Post-Intelligence. Retrieved on August 20 2007.
