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'''Negging''' is a [[PUA]] technique whereby a person makes a deliberate backhanded compliment or outright insult to a woman to undermine her [[confidence]] and increase her need of the manipulator's approval. | '''Negging''' is a [[PUA]] technique whereby a person makes a deliberate backhanded compliment or outright insult to a woman to undermine her [[confidence]] and increase her need of the manipulator's approval or to increase her perceptions of the verbal aggressor's status relative to hers. | ||
The technique was popularized by the PUA Mystery (Erik Von Markovic). He advised it be only deployed in the initial phase of courtship as a "display of high value," primarily intended to differentiate the male suitor in the woman's eyes from the other men who frequently pursue her. | |||
Almost all teasing can be categorized as | In PUA terminology, the "neg" can be seen as the male form of the [[shit test]] (when directed towards women), and in more intense forms, as an example of intersexual [[bullying]]. | ||
Almost all teasing can be categorized as "negging," although 'negging' is often more intense than teasing. | |||
A small amount of psychological research supports the notion that manipulating a woman's self-esteem levels can be beneficial to men's dating prospects. Walster (1960) found that temporarily lowering a woman's self-esteem via the administration of negative test result feedback substantially increased her attractiveness rating of a male research confederate who had asked her out on a date before the test session. | |||
It is essential to note this study has not been independently replicated. Also, there was no control group, i.e., the effect only measured the difference between artificially boosted self-esteem versus the condition where the subjects received the negative evaluation. | |||
The applicability of this study to negging may also be limited as the "neg" was not delivered directly by the male subject.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022103165900454</ref> | |||
If negging works at all, the literature on intersexual bullying tends to suggest that it would be most effective in dyadic (i.e., one-on-one) environments, as male intersexual bullying directed towards women is associated with lower peer status, perhaps owing to the [[women-are-wonderful effect]] and men's general tendency to behave protectively toward women.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony-Volk/publication/273905760_If_When_and_Why_Adolescent_Bullying_Is_Adaptive/links/55101d960cf2ac2905afe364/If-When-and-Why-Adolescent-Bullying-Is-Adaptive.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JACPR-06-2016-0235/full/html</ref> | |||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
Some | Some examples of negging are: | ||
*"Nice nails, are they real?" | *"Nice nails, are they real?" | ||
*"I think I saw some girls with more ridiculous shoes here, but you’re definitely in the top 2/5/10/[whatever number makes sense based on the size of the venue]." | *"I think I saw some girls with more ridiculous shoes here, but you’re definitely in the top 2/5/10/[whatever number makes sense based on the size of the venue]." | ||
*"With that wit, it’s a good thing you’re pretty." | *"With that wit, it’s a good thing you’re pretty." | ||
*"You’re too much of a [[nice girl]] for me." | *"You’re too much of a [[nice girl]] for me." | ||
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*[[Game]] | *[[Game]] | ||
*[[Bullying]] | *[[Bullying]] | ||
*[[Flirting]] | |||
==References== | |||
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{{Behavioralism}} | {{Behavioralism}} | ||