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{{person|name=George Sodini|occupation=Law Firm Financial Dept|birthday=September 30, 1960|ethnicity=white|image=File:sodini.jpg}} | {{person|name=George Sodini|occupation=Law Firm Financial Dept|birthday=September 30, 1960|ethnicity=white|image=File:sodini.jpg}} | ||
'''George Sodini''' was a 48-year-old computer analyst who was [[involuntarily celibate]] for 19 years and hadn't had a girlfriend in 25 years, since 1984<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref>. He studiously went to [[PUA|dating coach]] classes by scammer [[R. Don Steele]]. He also did home study of [[R Don. Steele|Don's]] [[PUA|dating coach]] materials, found no success, left a note on his dating frustration blog that hundreds of women just call him a '[[nice guy]]', put 2 suicide notes in a bag, then tragically shot 12 women in a Pittsburgh aerobics (latin dance) class, killing 3. Sodini was a victim of [[PUA|dating advice]]. Sodini had a child with a woman named, "Lee Ann Valdiserri", in early 1991, and he had not known the baby for more than 4 months.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/The+Searched/articles/iyoM5Zu8wqW/Lee+Ann+Valdiserri+Mother+George+Sodini+Child</ref> | '''George Sodini''' was a 48-year-old computer analyst who was [[involuntarily celibate]] for 19 years and hadn't had a girlfriend in 25 years, since 1984<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref>. He studiously went to [[PUA|dating coach]] classes by scammer [[R. Don Steele]]. He also did home study of [[R Don. Steele|Don's]] [[PUA|dating coach]] materials, found no success, left a note on his [[dating]] frustration blog that hundreds of women just call him a '[[nice guy]]', put 2 suicide notes in a bag, then tragically shot 12 women in a Pittsburgh aerobics (latin dance) class, killing 3. Sodini was a victim of [[PUA|dating advice]]. Sodini had a child with a woman named, "Lee Ann Valdiserri", in early 1991, and he had not known the baby for more than 4 months.<ref>http://www.zimbio.com/The+Searched/articles/iyoM5Zu8wqW/Lee+Ann+Valdiserri+Mother+George+Sodini+Child</ref> | ||
==Feminist Reaction== | ==Feminist Reaction== | ||
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==Dating Coaching== | ==Dating Coaching== | ||
Video exists of Sodini attending 3 day, 8 hour seminars by dating coach [[R. Don Steele]], in the video Don says, "Nice guys must die," Steele said in the video. "I would say that is the problem with most guys in the room. You are too nice." <ref>https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8274254&page=1</ref> Then, Sodini is shown shaking hands with one of Steele's "beautiful blond assistants" as part of an exercise in how to meet women.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref> | Video exists of Sodini attending 3 day, 8 hour seminars by [[dating]] coach [[R. Don Steele]], in the video Don says, "Nice guys must die," Steele said in the video. "I would say that is the problem with most guys in the room. You are too nice." <ref>https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8274254&page=1</ref> Then, Sodini is shown shaking hands with one of Steele's "beautiful blond assistants" as part of an exercise in how to meet women.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref> | ||
"He was really, really quiet, he took a lot of notes," said Erin Micklow, 20, who was hired last year to work at a self-help seminar Sodini attended on how to date women. | "He was really, really quiet, he took a lot of notes," said Erin Micklow, 20, who was hired last year to work at a self-help seminar Sodini attended on how to date women. | ||
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"George didn't seem like a bad person," she said. "He was there for self improvement."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/07/pennsylvania.gym.shooting/index.html</ref> | "George didn't seem like a bad person," she said. "He was there for self improvement."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/07/pennsylvania.gym.shooting/index.html</ref> | ||
Ironically, Don started doing dating coaching in the same year Sodini's singeldom began, 1984 <ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref> | Ironically, Don started doing [[dating]] coaching in the same year Sodini's singeldom began, 1984 <ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gym-killer-was-devoted-follower-of-dating-guru/</ref> | ||
Link to videos of dating seminars Sodini attended, with Sodini in shot <br> | Link to videos of [[dating]] seminars Sodini attended, with Sodini in shot <br> | ||
part 1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvZYcrq0o] <br> | part 1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvZYcrq0o] <br> | ||
part 2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZpExDqgWY] | part 2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZpExDqgWY] | ||
==Blog== | ==Blog== | ||
In a July, 2009 blog post Sodini wrote, "Last time I slept all night with a girlfriend it was 1982. Proof I am a total malfunction. Girls and women don't even give me a second look anywhere. There is something blatantly wrong with me that no goddam person will tell me what it is." His last post before the shooting detailed his net worth of over 250 thousand dollars, the estranged mother of his child, and that people didn't know the full extent of his frustration and women would only ever call him a, "nice guy".<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8258001&page=1</ref> He had also sought dating help to no avail before the shooting.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8274254&page=1|title=George Sodini Sought Dating Help Before Pennsylvania Gym Shooting</ref> | In a July, 2009 blog post Sodini wrote, "Last time I slept all night with a girlfriend it was 1982. Proof I am a total malfunction. Girls and women don't even give me a second look anywhere. There is something blatantly wrong with me that no goddam person will tell me what it is." His last post before the shooting detailed his net worth of over 250 thousand dollars, the estranged mother of his child, and that people didn't know the full extent of his frustration and women would only ever call him a, "nice guy".<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8258001&page=1</ref> He had also sought [[dating]] help to no avail before the shooting.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8274254&page=1|title=George Sodini Sought Dating Help Before Pennsylvania Gym Shooting</ref> | ||
Link to Sodini's Full Blog: [https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8258001&page=1] | Link to Sodini's Full Blog: [https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8258001&page=1] | ||