That these methods work so well makes me sad about the state of humanity and whatever dreams we could ever have at achieving relations between genders be on equal terms.
What? Average women have more power in gender relations than average men. Pickup techniques help achieve equality here. Also the average woman spends more effort on being attractive than the average man, and pickup techniques make men work on their attractiveness, helping achieve equality in this respect too :-)
Well, yes and no. A 20-year-old woman is in the position of being able to date anywhere in the dating pool. She can go for a guitar player her own age or a 50-year-old business executive. A 20-year-old man is probably permanently broke, dressed like a teenager and still inexperienced in the ways of the world.
A 30-year-old women sees her options begin to shrink - she's now competing with the 20-year-olds. A 30-year-old man is finally making money, he's probably traveled a bit, he's discovered the finer things in life, he's well dressed and confident. He has options now. And it's not unreasonable for him to overlook the women who overlooked him 10 years before.
What? Average women have more power in gender relations than average men. Pickup techniques help achieve equality here. Also the average woman spends more effort on being attractive than the average man, and pickup techniques make men work on their attractiveness, helping achieve equality in this respect too :-)