A pickup artist uses specialized techniques to seduce another person, usually women. The goal is to engage in more serious interactions, such as sex. Techniques include rally lines, routines, and persuasion, but their effectiveness is not always consistent. The use of pre-established techniques can be seen as insincere and manipulative, potentially damaging genuine relationships.
A pickup artist is a person who applies specialized techniques to the task of seducing, or picking up, another person. Generally, this is a heterosexual practice used by men to pick up women. It is important to note that while being desirable and attracting women is part of a pickup artist’s strategy, the primary goal of this activity is to actively get women to engage in more serious interactions than conversation, such as sharing a meal or engaging in a sexual intercourse. Many people find this method of picking up women insincere or deplorable, so part of the pickup artist’s strategy must be to hide that they are using pre-established techniques to create a connection with another person.
The strategies a pickup artist uses depend on his background and what has worked well with his goals in the past. Even as artists of this type try to scientifically evaluate a social interaction to achieve desirable results, there is a certain amount of individuality present in every interaction. Given the pickup artist’s individual appearance, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, very different techniques can be helpful when trying to manipulate a target.
Rally lines, routines, and persuasion techniques are all commonly used to get the target’s interest. These strategies have some basis in social psychology and neurolinguistic programming, but this use of relatively consistent science isn’t always correct. Most of the time, a pickup artist is only concerned with the results and why the technique works is irrelevant.
Ideally, a pickup artist’s techniques would work with a high percentage of women in a wide variety of situations. This is not always the case, although many of the techniques used focus on reacting to indicators of common interest. It is a matter of debate whether interest can actually be predicted through common physical actions. Versatility during a partner retreat may yield better results, but it goes somewhat against the very regular and methodical approach of retreat artists.
There are many problems with the art of methodically choosing partners. Most people enter potential romantic relationships with the basic assumption that they are not being played with or otherwise manipulated and that the interaction is relatively unplanned. When a person discovers they are being manipulated using regular techniques, this often destroys any possibility of a relationship, even if the connection between the two people was somehow genuine. While the techniques used in this type of play can give the abuser confidence, they can also tarnish a potential relationship.
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