Dr. Z on Scoring: How to Pick Up, Seduce and Hook Up with Hot Women (Paperback)

by Victoria Zdrok (Author)
Key Phrases: most hot women, many hot women, copulatory gaze, Victoria Zdrok, Prince Charming, Julie Strain (more...)

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From Publishers Weekly
Who'd know more about picking up hot women than the only woman to be both a Playboy Playmate of the Month and a Penthouse Pet of the Year? Also a clinical psychologist and sex therapist, Zdrok advises men on everything from what to wear on a date to how to eroticize your love den. While some of the advice is obvious (brush your teeth regularly), there are also fun and helpful tidbits like what to talk about on a first date and foreign-language phrases that will make you sound smart. A useful book for the man who knows absolutely nothing about women. (Jan. 8)
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"Don't let the bombshell packaging fool you -- she is Dr. Ruth for a sexy new generation." -- Geraldo Rivera

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; illustrated edition edition (January 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416551557
• ISBN-13: 978-1416551553
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #123,120 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rehash of "Be Yourself" and just plain bad advice, May 15, 2008

By	Lux et Veritas - See all my reviews

Most of the book seems to be a rehash of the pick-up books that recommend you just be yourself and not act creepy. This, of course, is one of the two major types of "how to pick up women" books. The other is the "outsmart 'em", "use them before they use you" contemptuous approach.

And telling men not to twitch, have bad breath or dirty clothing, etc., shouldn't be necessary. Really, that's just padding the book. If the answer is "It's not padding. You'd be surprised how many men don't follow these suggestions", I still think that someone who needs to be told this isn't going to be helped by the book. I can't imagine anyone saying, "I have to bathe before I go out to a bar? And wear clean clothes, too? Huh! I never knew that! Thank you, Dr. Z!"

Then there are the obvious observations, such as "Hot women tend to be more promiscuous than other women." I don't know if I agree with that, but, assuming it's correct, if someone is reading this book, it's because he wants to know HOW to approach women, not which ones to approach. It's only half an answer to say, "The hot women are the most likely to sleep with a man." The answer to that is, "And the hot women only want the hot men. So what am I supposed to do?"

What isn't a rehash, padding or obvious is just plain bad advice - and it isn't even consistent with the "just be yourself and don't act creepy, and women will like you" approach.

For example, she suggests you hang around women's shoe stores or clothing stores (that's creepy, isn't it? Unless you're going to use the transparent, "It's for my cousin/niece/sister" dodge).

She also recommends ploys such as waiting until you see an attractive woman check the price tag on a dress and, with a sad look on her face, put it back on the rack. Then you go over to her and buy her the dress! Now, that's setting a bad precedent. Not to mention that you might have to buy a lot of expensive dresses before you get a date out of it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deserves no stars actually!, October 25, 2008

By	Sprezzatura (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews

The worst of the bunch! The academic credentials and centerfold status might make you believe there's something here, but there's not. It's the same "courting game" that Disney fairy tales have engrained in our collective minds. She tries to bring more credibility to the "just be a nice sensitive guy routine" by mentioning Pick Up artist like Mystery, but then tells you to do exactly the opposite of what they teach. If waiting for a woman to look at an expensive dress and when she puts it back because she cannot afford it, you offer to buy it for her isn't what a supplicating sugar daddy chump would do, what is? It boils down to you having to be Richard Gere in "Pretty Woman" to bed Julia Roberts. Don't we all know this already?

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Z's Guide......, February 21, 2008

By	Evette Munz (Carmel, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Being a woman who has been referred to in the past as "a hottie", I can attest to and agree with many areas of this book by beautiful, intellligent Dr. Victoria Zdrok.

She hits the nail on the head with this book (as well as her others)by virtue of real-time, real-life tips on how to make connections. This book is brilliant in that she opens her mind and takes on many different roles--from the perspective of a man, a woman, a psychologist, someone who has had good experiences, someone who has had bad experiences--all with a touch of humor so as to not scare shy readers away.

It is not a book/guide full of fluff. There is real content which is formally written and then constructed into tip sheets, etc. No mattter what you visual preference is, you can easily find your way in the material.

Personal experiences are can be very useful tools. Dr. Zdrok inserts them frequently throughout the pages--but does not use them as tools to bash a person or experience--but as learning mini-vignettes. Wonderful, real-life/real-time examples.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any fellow who is looking for fresh, new ways to meet up with a woman. Her theories, practices, and schools of thought have been validated by clinical studies and personal/professional references cited in the professionally approved American Psycholigical Association (APA) style--another example which goes to show that what is written in her book is legitimate and has passed the time of time.

Women can learn things from this book as well--it provides excellent insight into the thought processes of both men and women. If readers can open and stretch their minds to that of the opposite gender he/she will be that much more ahead of the game when in situations where certain body postures are presented, for example--or blocks of time pass without a follow-up phone call or email. This book wonderfully and thoroughly delves into the psyches of men who want to hook up and how women react to them. Two thumbs up!!