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I've had an idea for a "What I've learned from PUA post" bouncing around in my head for some time now. I would talk about what I've learned about the psychological differences between men and women and what that means for the dating market, NOT specific tip/tricks or anything like that. Would this be too controversial? I didn't participate in the PUA debates before - they inspired me to learn about PUA to be honest - so I don't know if I would be crossing a line.
There are enough examples of people making broad general claims about how men and women think and behave that aren't particularly supported by data that such a post is, I expect, something of an uphill climb.
Put another way: that any given post on the subject is just another attempt to support pre-existing social preconceptions with pragmatic-sounding but ultimately ungrounded assertions is a pretty high prior probability for some readers (myself included), so overcoming that prior with evidence is important.
That said, IMHO a post that is demonstrably grounded in actual data, genuinely relevant to questions of how people think and behave, and at least somewhat novel ought to garner more approval than disapproval.