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Topic: Pick up artists

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Let's talk about (bad) sex

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Donald Trump (AP/Greg Allen)

Pickup artists love Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder in "Reality Bites"

Viren Swami - The Conversation
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Men aren't entitled to sex

Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Let the ironic male tears fall

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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PUA can't score in Australia

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Internet Killed The Lad Mag

Amanda Marcotte
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The Bloomingdale's friend zone

Amanda Marcotte
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The real Ashley Madison reveal

Neil Strauss
Toddlers have shot people at an alarming rate his year, data showa. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-875983p1.html'>Stokkete</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jenny Kutner
Julien Blanc (YouTube/RSDJulien)

A petition works

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Shoshana B. Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Jian Ghomeshi (YouTube/AP/John Duricka/Arthur Mola/Photo montage by Salon)

A history of delusional creeps

Andrew O'Hehir
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