observation of bootcamp and "lair" meetings in Germany. The article argues that the values of successful practitioners of the "Venusian arts" are informed by an intertwining of "hedonistic goals and diffused forms of innerworldly asceticism". According to Hendricks, the hedonistic goal of sexual satisfaction interacts in a complex fashion with a set of "disciplinarian and ascetic values", and the author stresses that these disciplinarian and ascetic values are central to the value system of performant practitioners, even though the marketing of gurus often promises an easy, effortless "quick fix". Nathan Oesch from the University of Oxford Department of Experimental Psychology claims to have confirmed attraction and pickup principles, as described in Strauss' books on the subject, do have a factual basis in social, physiological and evolutionary psychology. Andrew King's cultural history of the pickup artist in the journal Sexuality & Culture argues that, as a genre, the growth of PUA philosophy parallels the rise of feminism in academic and popular culture—and in some ways can be seen as a critique of its limitations, particularly the idea of gender egalitarianism. Notable members Julien Blanc Ross Jeffries Neil Strauss Erik von Markovik Roosh V Eric Weber See also Affiliative conflict theory Don Juanism Hookup culture Libertine Masculism Manosphere One-night stand Pick-up line Playboy lifestyle Promiscuity Rake (stock character) Sexual addiction Sexual capital Notable books O'Neill, Rachel (2018). Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy. Wiley . References Personal development Sexology Human communication Misogyny