Inside the world of internet pickup artists
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
An investigation by The Sunday Times has uncovered a dangerous network of pickup artists who profess to know how to coach other men to improve their sexual prowess. How does this website operate and what does it offer its users?
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| 1:04.5 | This is the kind of thing your dad was told about courting if he was unlucky. |
| 1:10.0 | First of all, be late. That'll show her you're a busy, important person, |
| 1:15.3 | but you're not too interested in her. Professional pick-up artist, a targeting |
| 1:20.1 | man who feel inadequate with worrying results. This is the place for you to seduce women |
| 1:27.0 | in any kind of area to deal with sexual mastery, dating, attraction, got you covered, man. |
| 1:34.1 | A new report and investigation by the Sunday Times has uncovered dangerous misogyny on one |
| 1:40.3 | particular popular site. In some cases there are descriptions of sexual violence and very |
| 1:46.0 | derogatory terms that are used to describe women. But those who run the business insist they're |
| 1:51.8 | doing the world a favour. We're making them more attractive and the women who get to then date |
| 1:57.8 | those men benefit from it. You're listening to stories of our times and the times and the Sunday |
| 2:04.2 | Times. I'm David O'Rhonovich. Today, inside the nasty world of internet pick-up artists. |
| 2:13.5 | Just a warning, this episode contains sexual themes, not very pleasant ones sometimes, |
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