A brand-new low point

Well, it's official: Men have reached a new all-time low in their attempt to garner dates. Some genius in New York City has established www.wingwomen.com, a Web site from which you can hire a woman for $50 an hour to take to bars and help you meet other women.\nWait, hold the outrage. It gets worse.\nThis man's theory is that women are more attracted to men who are already with women, for which he gives several reasons: 1) Men with women have some sort of stamp of approval; 2) "Women want what they can't have;" and 3) "Women are very jealous and love to compete with one another."\nOh, come on. If this guy has women so figured out, why does he need a pimp to get him a date? I'm not going to argue that women aren't jealous and eager to claw each other's eyes out, but that's hardly a good foundation for meeting the woman of your dreams. He claims that it's easier to meet women when you already have one, but he's overlooking the reason behind that.\nMen with a woman on their arm are more confident, and women are attracted to confidence. Given the choice between a man who will strike up a conversation and a man who stands next to the bar by himself, women will always go with the social butterfly. We like a guy who isn't afraid to approach us and show interest.\nThis is not an invitation to ask me if it hurt when I fell from heaven, nor does it make it okay for you to tell me that you see yourself in my pants. Pick up lines don't work. You want to know why? Because they show a lack of confidence. By using some bottled attempt at showing interest instead of being actually interested in a woman, you condemn yourself to the "asshole" category.\nTry this: Walk up to a woman, politely introduce yourself, ask her for her name and then continue with a follow-up question, such as "Where are you from?" or "What do you do?" or "Can I buy you a drink?" Questions such as "Come here often?" or "Wanna make out?" don't count; in fact, you're almost guaranteed an eye-roll or possibly a slap in the face.\nWomen aren't interested in a guy who already has a beautiful woman on his arm. In fact, it's kind of intimidating. The odds of me genuinely becoming interested in a guy who brought another girl to a party are slim to none. If he brought a date and is still hitting on me, I'm either going to think "escort service" or "infidelity," neither of which is attractive.\nI'm going to let all of you men in on a little secret: If you ask out a single girl, seven times out of 10 she'll say yes. Why? Women don't get asked out. I'm serious. And the pretty girls get asked out even less than the rest of us. Why? Because men are intimidated. Once again, it comes back to confidence.\nSome of you may be wondering why I'm not outraged at the women who would dare to participate in this business. Well, it's because these women are smart enough to take advantage of the men who think they have it all figured out and to make an exorbitant amount of money doing it. Is it stupid? Yes. Is it degrading? Yes. Do I admire their moxy? Of course. Until men figure out that it's all about confidence, I'll be pushing for these women to get a raise.