نابرابری در دستیابی به صمیمیت: تجزیه و تحلیل از تعاملات نقاش منتخب انگلیسی

A prototypical PUA is a male who seeks to be successful at ‘seducing’ women. ‘PUA’ is not a category label given to the individual, but is one that he claims for himself within an existing PUA Community of Practice. A common community belief is that the means of seduction are not rooted in physical attractiveness, social status or wealth, but in the interaction. The claimed ‘art’ in pick-up artistry may be seen in the relative speed with which the protagonist may gain intimacy with their fellow interlocutor. The PUA operates, as Goffman (1967b) describes it, “where the action is”; they are every bit the gambler in a high-stakes game where risky plays – which include issues of im/politeness and in/equity – can have high payoffs. The focus of this paper is how PUAs actually play the game.