Peacocking

Women tend to wear a lot of clothing that is functionally useless, impractical, or downright uncomfortable. They’ll wear high heels, pointless accessories, boots that go up to their knees, and skimpy tops in not-so-warm weather. They’ll get tattoos and navel piercings and other odd things. This is SEXUAL ORNAMENTATION to catch attention from men (and to compete with other women—but that’s another matter entirely).

What most people don’t realize is that sexual ornamentation WORKS BOTH WAYS. This has led to Mystery’s theory of PEACOCKING. Just like a male peacock spreads his feathers and shows them off to catch female attention, a male human can display clothing and accessories that catch the attention of human females.

Mystery’s motto on peacocking is that IT’S BETTER TO BE LOOKED OVER THAN OVERLOOKED. To this end Mystery himself goes out intending to get looked over. Already standing at 6’5" tall, he wears shoes with 6-inch platforms, and a funky black fur hat with aviator goggles wrapped around it. He paints his fingernails black, and even uses this as an opinion opener by slapping his hand down on the table and saying "What are your first impressions of black nails?" He’s been known too to wear a T-shirt with a LED electronic sign on the chest that scrolls "Mystery" in red letters. He’s very hard to miss, his style of dress definitely shows personality, and women get a genuine curiosity about him.

Obviously you don’t have to go this far to get attention. You can just take steps to be noticed and stand out, and not be just another Calvin Klein Clone in the club. Here are some examples on how to "peacock":

• Get highlights put in your hair

• Get piercings (loops in both ears, or eyebrow, lip, nose, tongue)

• Accessorizing!

o Wear funky sunglasses (including clear ones you can wear in the club)

o Wear a watch that stands out (BIG links or wristband/cuff-style, unusual style, etc). I have a Diesel watch with a HUGE, shiny stainless steel wristband, and it never fails to get noticed.

o Wear several rings

o Wear a silver bracelet or neck chain, etc.

o If you have a small cell phone, don’t hide it in a case or in your pocket. Instead, accessorize it with an original or flashy faceplate (eBay has some odd ones) and hang it around your neck from a plumb chain or cord.

o If you tuck in your shirts, get a belt with a buckle that draws attention. This doesn’t necessarily mean some big western buckle the size of a dinner plate, but one that’s flashy or has a strange shape.

• If you have muscles, show them off! A lot of big guys are self-conscious of their bodies and try to cover them up. If you’ve worked hard for the body you have, wear SLIGHTLY fitted shirts that display your build. Just like a nice set of cleavage will catch male attention, a muscular chest or pair of arms displayed will also turn female heads. I say "slightly" because you shouldn’t try TOO hard. Just like a woman dressed like a prostitute screams out that she’s starved for attention, if you have an "in your face" way of showing your muscles it’ll look insecure. If your T-shirts are so tight that you need help getting them on and off, or you put oil on your arms when you go out in a sleeveless top…you’re trying too hard.

• Wear some funky shoes or boots

• Wear bright colors that grab attention! For example, if you have a choice between buying a shirt in white or in red, go for the red.

• Buy a lighter that shoots a green or blue flame, then adjust it so that the flame burns high. You get extra peacocking value if the lighter itself glows a certain color when lit. eBay is great for finding little gadgets like these.

• Carry an out-of-the-ordinary pen, either something flashy and chromed like a Fisher Space Pen, or something quirky. For example there are pens available that look like syringes with liquid in them. If you don’t have the room in your pockets to carry a pen, saw a golf pencil in half with a filet knife and carry the tiny pencil in your wallet. ALWAYS CARRY SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH!

Occasionally a woman might test you on the way you dress, or another guy might make fun of you. You can deal with these challenges using techniques outlined in the ATTRACT section of this guide.

Peacocking is the driving force behind a guy taking a $10,000 car and sinking $10,000 into it to customize it with a flashy paint job, shiny mag wheels, noisy exhaust, etc. It’s also why guys will install $2,000 sound systems in their cars ("Boomcars") so that they can broadcast to 5 city blocks that they listen to the latest, coolest music. Unfortunately doing stuff like this is a bad investment for attracting a woman’s attention, for the following reasons:

• Since your car is what’s drawing the attention, from a peacocking perspective you’re naked when you step out of it and actually go somewhere on foot. Unless you’re into picking up fast food cashiers at a drive-thru, or specifically targeting the women who go to import car meets, your car won’t help your game when it’s all YOU.

• When you’re blasting your music so that no one has any choice about listening to it, most of the people around, including women, will automatically be annoyed with you because they’re forced to listen to it. Peacocking with clothing and accessories is PASSIVE—no one is FORCED to look at you if they don’t like the way you look.

• $10,000 sunk into you car to turn heads, or $300 spent in wardrobe and accessories to turn heads. See my point?

• Remember what I said about trying too hard? Well if you put a small fortune into showing off, people will think you’re trying too hard. A lot of women have a nickname for expensive, show-off cars: "Penis Extensions"

• If you DO happen to catch some hottie’s POSITIVE attention with your noisy, flashy car, what can you do? When the sidewalks outside the clubs are busy, the street is busy too, and parking is scarce. You can double-park and get out (which will promptly get you a ticket since police usually foot patrol the clubbing areas); you can cat-call her through your window (REEEEALLY cool); or you can temporarily stop, stay in the car, and wave her over like a hooker. You’re very limited with what you can do.

I’m not saying that having a nice car won’t help you with women. Obviously if you go to pick her up for a coffee meeting in a custom car, fully detailed, it’ll come off better than if you picked her up in a rusty Ford Pinto. Just don’t get the idea that a flashy car, all tricked out, is going to let you pull more women.

Props

Props can really help you out. Sometimes a woman may want to initiate a conversation with YOU, and if you have something on you worth commenting on she’ll have her "in". It can be anything unusual, from carrying a 2 foot-long salami over your shoulder, to holding a Chinese fan, to wearing a T-shirt that says "I’m the Italian Your Mother Warned You About" (I actually have this shirt by the way, and it’s great on days I feel like coming across very cocky). I know a guy who wears a black T-shirt with "TESTOSTERONE" written across the chest in bright yellow letters. This shirt never fails to get comments from women, usually in the form of testy comments (which is not a bad thing; a test is an ideal "in" to a conversation).