| A general loss of respect for women is hands-down the darkest side effect of participating in the pickup arts. The likelihood of it's occurrence is proportional to one's success in closing.
I went through it myself a few years ago. As an experiment, I tested out taking a full-blown asshole approach to my game, think Tucker Max style. To my surprise, I had astonishing results. The more success I had, the less respect I had for women. The more of an asshole I was, the more I got laid, maybe not with my original target but an adjacent set. It was an incredibly slippery slope and it got to the point where I had no respect for women and I began to lose my close guy friends. When a friend of mine refused to invite me to his wedding for fear that I'd offend someone, I took a step back and quit gaming for 3 months.
During those three months, I reevaluated my game and drastically changed my attitude. I remembered that I got into the game in the first place because I loved the company of women. There are aspects of the female psyche, that as males we'll never be able to adapt. I'm at a point now where I love every woman and feel privileged to hear the stories of the events that shaped their lives. Once you get to the point where a woman trusts you, you'll hear some awesome stuff.
The point of all of this, is that you need to stop assigning respect for a woman based on how quickly they have sex with you. Think about all of the aspects of game you had to learn to get to the point where sleeping with a woman on the first night was even possible. Women are sexual beings as well. The game is engineered to defeat all of the obstacles and roadblocks between meeting a woman and having sex with her. Think about all of the verbal techniques you use, the constant alertness to body language, the identification of IOIs, your attentiveness to your own appearance, the crafting of DHV-spiked stories, the studying of group social dynamics, the witty banter, text game, home game, creative day 2's... the list goes on. It takes an enormous amount of work to be good at this game. Ask around. See how many of your guy friends can pick a girl out somewhere and then have sex with her within 7-9 hours of interaction. 10% of men sleep with 90% of women. You have learned and practiced all of this to succeed with women, disrespecting them because you have is downright preposterous.
What if she had sex with you not because she legitimately wanted to do so, but rather because she wanted you to like her? What if you're just that different from all the other guys that have tried with her in the past, that she gave you what little social power she had in hopes that you'd appreciate it and stick around? How can you not respect that?
If you want deeper, you're going to have to put in the leg work in a relationship. Identify the specific qualities that you want in a woman and start gaming. When you find a girl that you think might meet your criteria, game her as you normally would. Instead of looking down on her for having sex with you, enjoy the time you have. If you want something deeper with a woman, you are going to have to open up to her and actually listen to what she has to say.
It starts with respect, so stop judging women.
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