Xachariah comments on Pick Up Artists(PUAs) my view - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Xachariah 11 April 2013 05:25:29PM 2 points [-]

Bitch shields are employed by both genders. It's just a term that is used because +90% of PUAs are straight men looking for women. Gay guys deploy them against other guys (and girls), and straight guys deploy them against women they aren't interested in.

The terminology is decidedly female, but it's an equal opportunity tactic. Although admittedly, used far more often by women.

Ditto with AMOG'ing. I've seen alpha females of combined groups go at it like it's Game of Thrones. It's the same methods and goals, just with a gender swap.

Comment author: wedrifid 11 April 2013 05:37:10PM 4 points [-]

It is true that many social dominance strategies relating to courtship are either applicable for either sex or have loosely comparable cross-sex analogues.