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Picking Up and Acting Out: Politics of Masculinity in the Seduction CommunityA female thesis on the pickup community.Sample:The “Seduction Community” broadly defines a subculture of men who followvarying philosophies and methods to achieve success with women. Their goal is totransform themselves from what they term “average frustrated chumps” into skilled“pickup artists.” The majority of my research into the Seduction Community has beenobservational field study; incorporated into this research is historical analysis. Byacquainting myself with a number of pickup artists, I have been able to observe as well asinformally interview these men in order to ascertain the motivations, goals, andbehavioral patterns of members of the Seduction Community. While my study willcontribute to the continuing discourse of men’s studies, it is unique in that it is the firstacademic study of the Seduction Community…. Continuedxx Blackout