> Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/fashion/04books.html
>
> SPEAKING of evil, a new pickup guide, "The Mystery Method," teaches men
> how to make conquests of unwary women by following a carefully scripted
> battle plan, complete with canned anecdotes and disarming "negs,"
> undermining comments designed to weaken the target by making her feel
> insecure.
>
> If you are a woman and a man approaches you at a bar or a party, spouting
> canned-sounding anecdotes about Gandhi and Elvis, flee. Chances are he is
> gaming you and using Mystery's words to do it.
>
>
> Mystery is a 6-foot-5 Californian whose "gaming" strategy is so legendary
> that he charges male clients thousands of dollars just to watch him hit on
> women.
>
> Two years ago, the journalist Neil Strauss paid tribute in his study of
> Mystery's methods, "The Game."
>
> Now, with his own book, Mystery, who does not reveal his real name, offers
> readers a peek at the face of the man behind the mojo. Part of a face,
> that is. On the back flap, he gazes impishly out from under a giant fuzzy
> hat, looking like Johnny Carson in his Carnac costume.
>
> Mystery's strategy can be boiled down to four rules: Feign Lack of
> Interest, Spark Attraction, Build Comfort, Commence Seduction.
>
> His simple instructions, diagrammed like a football playbook, make the
> game idiotproof, if not jerkproof: Approach a group of women, having
> identified one of them as your target. Flirt with her friends. When she
> tries to speak, teasingly put her down ("negging"). After a bit, include
> her, and throw her a bone or two. He calls these "IOI's" - Indicators of
> Interest.
>
> But then, confuse her with a putdown or two - "IOD's" (Indicators of
> Disinterest). If possible, enlist a "pivot" (a female conspirator) to make
> her jealous.
>
> Once you have her attention, subject her to rehearsed patter, then
> "bounce" her to another location to build "comfort." Soon, you will be
> able to bounce her to your love lair.
>
> If you follow his method, Mystery writes, you "should be able to seduce
> any woman you meet, no matter how attractive she is and no matter how far
> out of reach she seems, within 4 to 10 hours."
>
> If you get shot down, don't take it seriously, he adds: the Mystery Method
> man treats flirtation like a video game. "If your man dies, just hit the
> reload button and play again," he advises. Whatever you do, "you cannot
> ever let any specific courtship matter to you." Didn't Ali MacGraw say
> that in "Love Story?"
>
> To Mystery, every relationship has three phases: courtship, sex and
> breakup. A fourth possible phase - marriage - doesn't occur to him. But
> that doesn't mean that he and his cad army are not to be found at
> weddings, chatting up fuming bridesmaids and shrewdly bringing them
> drinks.
>
>
> --
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