> 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.
>
> --
> Ray Gordon, Author
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