
Today, we’re talking with Roosh Vörek, the controversial writer known to many simply by the name of his blog, Roosh V. Roosh spends his time traveling the world (Brazil, Denmark, Iceland, Poland) meeting (and sleeping with) local women. He has written several books detailing his adventures and sharing advice with his fanbase. His first book, Bang, he describes as, “a textbook for picking up girls and getting laid”.
Let’s find out more about what it’s like traveling the world as an international “pick-up artist”. Ladies, save it for the comments!
1. Hey Roosh, thanks for chatting with TSL. For those that don’t know about you, tell us a little about yourself and your site.
I’m 32 years old and from the United States. After college I got a full-time job as a microbiologist. Eventually I started a game blog on the side where I wrote about how to pick up girls in the States. When I was 28 I quit my job and started writing full time. I’ve since put out close to 10 books and spent three years abroad, mostly in South America and Eastern Europe.
My site has writing on game, travel, and the ills of feminism. I regularly try to show American men that they can find thinner and more feminine women abroad, which often attracts a lot of criticism.
2. Brave, I expect our readers will have some keen responses to that! OK, so what inspired you to start sharing your adventures with the world?
It wasn’t so much an inspiration as a logical next step. Instead of writing about girls in the States, I started writing about girls in whatever location I was in. I think most blogs are an extension of the author’s experience. Since travel is a big part of my life it would be weird for me not to write about it. Men are also curious to know how the dating culture is in different countries.
3. Indeed. But obviously with travelling the world, you’re bound to upset certain countries and people with your writing. What has been the overall public response from your blog?
I have a great core audience of men who share my interests and beliefs, but the general public reaction has been negative, especially from mainstream media outlets. I’ve now been trashed in the media of four foreign countries: Iceland, Latvia, Denmark and Estonia.
By far the worst reaction has been from Denmark because of my “Don’t Bang Denmark” book. They were not pleased that I called their women “the most masculine in the world who have bodies that are shaped like Pepsi cans”.
Danish women possess no flirting ability. They have zero charm and zero allure. Not a feminine drop of blood courses through their veins. They don’t know how to treat you well, cook for you, or make you laugh. They don’t know how to look sexy. They won’t defer to your masculinity. They can fuck you, but no more.
4. So, these serious haters, how do you deal with them?
If the hater is bigger than me, I respond, but if they are smaller than me, I ignore. After a while having so many haters becomes normal. If I go a few days without receiving hate then I wonder if I’ve lost my magic touch.
5. It’s definitely a touch that has ruffled a few feathers! What’s your craziest story?
Getting stalked in Estonia by haters who believed I overstayed my tourist visa. They would gather on internet forums to track my location and urge everyone to call the police to have me deported. They even created a blog about me called “Sex Tourist Go Home.” One night I was pulled out of the club by police but due to a mixup I was let go. Since then I no longer announce my current whereabouts. I’ve had to adapt to a world where guys like me are looked upon unfavourably.
6. So in response to the “game”, where, in your opinion, is the best place in the world to pick up women?
Scandinavia. Girls speak English, drink a lot, and put out extremely quickly. I had the fastest lays in my life in Iceland, often under an hour from meet to bang. My answer would change if you start talking about best places to get a feminine girl, loyal girlfriend, and so on, but for fast, no-strings-attached sex, it doesn’t get better than Scandinavia.
7. By now (even in this interview) we know that you say some pretty controversial things. We’re interested, does your family read your blog? What is their reaction to it?
They know of it, but they don’t actively read it. My parents are not good with computers so they don’t really understand what a blog is. I’m thankful for this. Recently my 15-year-old brother found out about my blog when his friend stumbled on one of my posts and said, “Hey wait, isn’t that your brother?” That was an awkward day.
8. Aside from the awkwardness, have you had any negative repercussions as a result of your site?
My name is now forever linked to my “sexist” and “misogynist” blog, so I doubt I can ever get a corporate job again. It also has cost me several bangs when nice girls I met later got curious and googled me, but now I use an alternate name to avoid that scenario. When a girl is using my laptop for a while my heart starts beating fast because she is just a couple clicks away from disaster. I also hide my credit cards, passport, and anything else with my tainted name on it. Sometimes I feel like I’m living a double life. Now that I think about it, I’ve had to make several life changes because of my writing.
9. You’re like a new age Salmon Rushdie, but instead of hiding from jihadists you hide from militant misogynists. How do you keep your anonymity while on the road? Have you ever had a girl recognize you from your site?
I don’t tell anyone I meet in person about my blog and I don’t put up new pictures. I’ve been recognized by girls in the U.S., Latvia, and Estonia. Only in the U.S. are girls still regularly eager to sleep with me after knowing about the blog (they place more value on known personalities). However my favorite groupie was a girl who lived in a run-down Brazilian city. I visited and we had passionate sex for one week without using condoms.
10. Promoting condoms or not, what kind of impact do you think you’re making on your readers?
The same impact that any writer has: opening readers’ eyes to new possibilities and adventure. The grass really can be greener.
About the Author: Roosh V
Roosh is 32 years old and grew up in the USA. He began a career as an industrial microbiologist. A couple years later he started a blog called DC Bachelor, and lived in constant paranoia that his employer would bust him for the sexist content. He quit his job and finished his first book called Bang. Since then he has released several more titles while living in Europe, with the most popular being Day Bang. You can view all his books at BangGuides.com or check out his website Roosh V.
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23 May 2012
Posted by Liz Pitt








37 Comments
I wouldn’t be so quick to conclude that you can’t get a job in the corporate world. Surely there are companies that recognize the value in someone who was able to launch a wildly popular website, selling books, and developing an e-community to make a living.
The better question is, would you want a corporate gig?
haha just don’t try and get an English teaching job ,right Colin?
Well, not an English teaching job at an institute that sponsors a visa while blogging under your real name
There are definitely Wall St/City type financial firms that would have no trouble hiring Roosh to do sales for traders – or even have him be a trader if he had the aptitude. Feminists are not welcome there.
Never heard of this dude before…interesting things to say, that’s for sure, and a good interview. Crazy about the getting stalked in Estonia thing.
Based on the snippets gained from the interview, I think we’d differ on our views of masculinity (but maybe not) but otherwise, a very, very interesting guy. Agreeable? Perhaps not. But someone i’d want to listen to? Yes – he seems to have a very eloquent way of stating truly objectionable things.
Man, I’d forgotten about this guy. I used to subscribe to his newsletter, actually. I really enjoyed reading it and getting the snippets from his ebook – I found it all so fascinating and revolting at the same time.
What an asshole.
I find it interesting that only men have commented so far. I expected a bigger outcry from the ladies.
Perhaps the girls are too busy reading Roosh’s blog and secretly getting turned on?
No.
“However my favorite groupie was a girl who lived in a run-down Brazilian city. I visited and we had passionate sex for one week without using condoms.”
I don’t suppose you read up on HIV infection rates in impoverished Latin American communities before you did this, did you? Being a massive douche is one thing, but do you really want to be a massive douche AND have HIV?
HIV/AIDS prevalence in adult population estimates:
Brazil: 0.4%
United States: 0.6%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate
I’m guessing you didn’t either.
I don’t mean to say that Roosh is being responsible by engaging in unprotected sex with as many women as he can, though.
Or read the center for disease controls stats on your odds of getting aids from sleeping with an infected person–about 1/200. Not exactly the russian roulette the news media would have you believe (from the same people who brought you killer bees). Probably more important to worry about other potential stds that have a higher infection rate and may not have symptoms.
Both Colin (commented above) and Roosh have provided me with years of entertainment. They speak the truth and how things really are, two of the best bloggers out there.
I was about to making the same comment that James did, glad he did it for me. I work with AIDS/HIV patients on a regular basis. How about you spend some time with them and then let’s see if you’ll want to brag about not using a condom.
I HAVE NO WORDS. Besides a misogynistic prick, this guy has some serious mommy issues. The ills of feminism in the west? on you mean the fact the women in the West won’t tolerate your superiority complex and bullsh*t? eh, the Latinas and eastern European girls can have yah.
**being a misogynistic prick and **ohh you mean..
more like he doesn’t want to put up with your superiority complex and bullsh!t and the plethora of “girls” that share in your crass ways. Learn some class so I can call you a lady, and not some shrill screaming misogyny every time a man does anything that doesn’t fit in with your mindset.
Great interview.
@Tanisha well done for proving Roosh’s point of the state of many Western women.
Not sure why straight talk and having a spine to voice your opinion meets such negative personal attacks rather than countering with a position based on….say evidence, insight, relatable point to debate for discussion. You can disagree with the man, hate the topic…but why waste your precious time on this earth bothering with negative sling without a reasonable counter position based on something other than the kindergarten “you’re stupid”.
**Straight Talk** as you say isn’t my issue and being classless is not my issue either with this fellow. Here’s a few points, being that I have a superiority complex and all I am a bit peeved that I must explain myself to my minions, however I will do so and walk away from the topic.
#1 The first thing that turned me off about this guy is the fact that he uses the tactic that most “spineless” men use all the time, the comparison. Comparing one group of women to another, stating that one is more “malleable” than the other to me is weak. It is the oldest trick in the book used to manipulate and well, we aren’t falling for it any longer
#2 the above fellow said I had no class, and I was shrill, I prefer you’d call me a bitch and that I am and proud of it. However, I may be an opinionated woman that has more than two thoughts floating through my head, does not mean I am asexual, provincial and against sex. Quite the contrary. One of my heroes is Casanova. Do you know why I read his books? He actually viewed women as his equal He only went after targets that were particularly challenging and being the classy rogue that he was, he never not once compared one group of women to the other in a disdaining manner, at least not what I read. Now, The Memoirs of Casanova is a book all men should read. Not a book called Bang and to me for you to think that it isn’t derogatory is an issue.
#3 Just to give you men a heads up, there is no rhyme or reason for why a woman will sleep with you. In fact, most women know within 5 seconds of meeting a man whether or not she is going to sleep with him or not and it has nothing to do with words but with sex appeal, energy, and perceived equality in a sexual partner in that particular man. #RealTalk
#4 the fact that a guy would admit to “banging” his word, not mine, a woman from a poor area of a country known for its HIV rates without a condom for a whole week and then continue to sleep with other women around the world is a bit problematic to me. Its downright despicable, careless and indeed stupid.
#5 and last but not least MR. I am Classless, and shrill, let me ask you this? If this book and topic were written by a woman, same situations, same attitudes toward men that this fellow has toward women, same sexual stupidity, would you consider that classy like you consider this fellow classy? I think not.
Now that I am done with my points, I am exiting stage left with a bullet proof vest on. Toodles.. oh and P.S. I would admonish the fellow who wrote the book to go get tested and carry around an STI card for the many women he will be “banging” in the future.
“The first thing that turned me off about this guy is the fact that he uses the tactic that most “spineless” men use all the time, the comparison. Comparing one group of women to another, stating that one is more “malleable” than the other to me is weak. It is the oldest trick in the book used to manipulate and well, we aren’t falling for it any longer”
Paraphrase: “Comparison is just a trick, it’s meaningless!”
Pay attention, gentlemen, we are in the presence of a great intellectual.
I’m on your team now ; )
the moment a girl says ‘i am a bitch and proud of it’ is the moment you can label her and put her on the shelf…. sad really
Gentlemen, Ladies,
While I’m pleased to see a discussion being generated following such a provocative interview, I’m not to happy to see crossfires in the comments. Disagreement is one thing, but trying to summarize one another with tactless phrasing really goes against the grain of what we’re trying to do here at TravelSexLife.
You are ALL welcome to your opinions, and I’d like you to respect one another for your unique perspectives that you bring from different corners of the world.
Play fair, or I’ll have to turn the talkback off.
Cheers
Michael
I wish TravelSexLife would actually take an informed stance on this instead of this benign neutral position. Or to balance things out for the sake of this website and it’s community I suggest an interview with someone from the “other side.” Even a man who’s a (and here comes the dreaded word) feminist. And yes, the concept exists, look it up.
We’re definitely interested in showing all perspectives here at TSL. I’ll be on the lookout for someone we can talk to about the other side of the issue. If you know anyone, send them our way!
This wolfman is an inspiration for guys out there trying to better themselves and are sick of America’s double standards with women. A certain individual in here just showed us why Roosh and others, including myself, are annoyed by the majority of American girls.
whaaaa…i can’t get past #1. i think i’m a very feminine & fit american
hotness abounds everywhere dude.
Wow, I really regret reading this. Regret even more reading the comments.
American Beta Males have been caving in to manly Fat American Women for too long. I have been fortunate enough to travel to many different countries and agree with Roosh wholeheartedly the sense of entitlement that American women exude is the biggest turnoff ever. Although America does have the most sluts around the world thanks to ‘feminism’ and ‘women’s liberation’. As far as wife material American are in the bottom 5%.
To validate your claim, I’d love to see some statistics on that 5%.
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Oh forget it, I don’t even have the energy to get offended.
The minority of men who agree with/ are impressed by this stuff can go and enjoy their ultimately lonely lives ranting about them craaaazy feminists (because you KNOW we ALL hate ALL men. AMIRIGHT LADIES?!) and wondering why women don’t fall over at their feet in deference to their extreme masculinity. (HINT: It might be because you’re not treating them like a PERSON. You know, that thing that you are, and men are, and women are. Try it some time – it really works!)
The rest of us can just ignore them and move on with our lives.
Oh, and hope we don’t ever inadvertently sleep with this dude or one of his disciples. I’ve heard that that new antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea is a real bitch.
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The only problem with ‘RooshV’ is that he is somewhat of a failed ‘Pick up artist’.
He writes long details of how he meets women and fails to have sex with them, because they are all cold and unfriendly. How countries and cities are not worth visiting because the entire female population is locked in a sick chastity experiment.
I found his books to be an interesting mix of non-fiction satire and self degredation in which he writes in a very boring sarcastic style, they are a very depressing experience indeed.
If ‘RooshV’ is what the female world should expect from a charming seducer then they will certainly be left disappointed.
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Feminists Everywhere ‹ TravelSexLife”. I am grateful
for pretty much all the actual info.Thanks for the post,David