| From what I can see, PUA theory and practice, are tools.
Like any tool, it can be used well or misused. My brother disparages PUA as he views it as manipulative, but I have always taken a more reductionist view.
Reading Mystery's theories, it seems to be just understanding how men and women attract to each other, and, if one understands the rules, one can play the game a damn sight better.
So sure, I would think one can play the 'game' and take advantage of the other, or use the rules to make being with a woman a whole lot easier. Does that follow that one rides roughshod over a womans feelings and use and abuse them? No, of course not, if one gets ones jollies by doing that, it's that persons business, and karma will get them. I would think the majority of PUA 'artists' (at least I would hope so) adore and are facinated by women, and enjoy their company.
I have always considered that deep down, there was something wrong with the mainstream way men and women try to attract one another, and figured out that it must be linked to sexual evoloutionary anthropology somehow.
From what I have gathered so far, turns out I was right.
So, I guess, you can use it for good or evil, if you want a black or white answer!
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