

The actions and the mere existence of PUA Academy is a mockery of the diversity, intricacy, and depth that characterise the women in our society. You cannot reduce women to simplistic conquests that consist of strategies and game plans. In her tweet, she said getting girls is not a game. Worst part is they have been active for YEARS,” he added.Īnother Twitter user decried how the PUA Academy looks down on women. Worst part is they have been active for YEARS.” They share their sexual encounters with the women they were able to ‘lay,” a Twitter user said in his post. “If you haven’t heard, there is this online group on FB called ‘PUA Academy’ that teaches men how to pick up or ‘game’ women.


Meneses and PUA Academy were then called out by offended Facebook users and feminists alike who opposed the firm’s initiatives for “grooming sexual predators.” “Women want to be forced,” Meneses claimed. In a video from one of PUA Academy’s workshop, Meneses was seen teaching the “LMR” technique or the “Last Minute Resistance,” where his members are taught to repeat sexual moves to women who initially rejects them. The dating firm’s website featured products such as guide on digital dating, bootcamp on live-in field training, e-book titled “Smooth Seduction,” among others, all corresponding to certain fee. PUA Academy, which claimed on its Facebook cover photo that it is the “Asia’s Leading Dating Company,” was founded by Sein Meneses who calls himself “Smooth.” He also runs a page called “Smooth relationship expert and dating coach.” PUA Academy members used the terms “lay” to refer to “sex” and even posted testimonies with lewd photos of women. The post of YASH, which has already been taken down, featured screenshots of conversations among PUA Academy members on how to win the “game” of dating and sexual conquests.

(3rd update, 11:30 a.m.) Youth Against Sexual Harassment, a non-profit and politically-unaffiliated women’s organization, exposed on Facebook a so-called “Pick Up Artist Academy” which runs an online tutorial on how to “pick up” women for sex.
