Beyond Today - How is ‘pick-up’ culture still a thing?
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BBC reporter Myles Bonnar spent two days on the streets of London with "pick-up" coaches, being “trained” in how to chat up women and get them into bed. “Pick-up” culture goes at least as far back as 2005 when American author and journalist Neil Strauss released a book called The Game.
Myles, who made a film for the BBC’s Panorama programme, tells us what he learnt on a seduction bootcamp. The coaches told him they are doing nothing wrong. And author Rachel O’Neill explains how the seduction industry has gone mainstream.
Presenter: Matthew Price
Producers: Philly Beaumont and Seren Jones
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2019.
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