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kleinbl00  ·  3257 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: From Pickup Artist to Pariah

The issue with PUAs is that they operate on the principle that men can't win unless women lose. By injecting a zero-sum philosophy into a win-win situation, they create an atmosphere of antagonism and distrust. But that's just generalist speaking. They're also assholes to women and substitute a desire for learning and understanding for a desire for domination and denigration.

There are bad actors on both sides of the dating aisle but as one side is responsible for the lion's share of violence, abuse and revenge porn, pointing to a handful examples of spiteful women can only invite a torrent of counterexamples - I mean, yeah. A girl at Duke put together a catty powerpoint.

She didn't stab her roommates and shoot up a fraternity.