Condor
2005-02-17 16:17:49 UTC
Here is the article I wrote on The Lolita Method.
The Lolita Method
The Lolita Method is an underground book on romantically pursuing
adolescent girls that was written in the late 1980s. Subtitled "The
Sure Fire Way to Pick Up 'Forbidden' Girls," it was published by
Freedom Storehouse Press in 1989, with a second edition printed in
1991. Typed on an ancient word processing machine under the pen names
Scott Donner (aka PREDATOR or PRED) and Bill Humbert, it was printed on
cheap paper stapled together and distributed under the counter in sex
shops and head shops.
Summary
The writers explain how to identify and attract Lolitas, girls who may
be willing to have relationships with adult men. They expound in great
detail on seven sometimes-overlapping categories of Lolitas, each with
their own variation of the "Lolita urge," loosely defined as a girl's
desire to feel older and be treated as such. The categories include:
The Stoner or Burn-Out
The Gold Digger
The Average Girl
The Romantic Artist
The Blessed Virgin
The Ugly Girl
The Sex Freak
The authors hypothesize that each of these classes correspond to a
certain role the "Humbert" should shift into to exploit their
weaknesses. Despite the language of predation, Donner denies misogyny
in his manifesto, claiming, "I don't hate [women]. A lion does not hate
the gazelle. He merely hunts it and devours it. It is the balance of
nature."
In reading the book, it becomes apparent that PRED was a teacher, and
"Bill" was an engineer civil engineer designing a freeway. Many of
PRED's anecdotes center around girls he meets in the course of his
profession or as a summer camp counselor, while Bill's tales focus on
his three daughters and their babysitter. On several occasions, the
authors narrowly escape discovery.
Analysis
Several posts on Usenet speculate that PRED, a known erotic fiction
writer, made up the anecdotes in his book, since they feature cultural
cliches such as a 12-year-old flute player at band camp. PRED himself
denies this, saying "I also changed some details here and there to
throw people off the scent. It's all true, though, every single word.
This isn't a PRED story." In addition, the book predates the filming of
American Pie.
PRED himself remains an enigmatic character. Few details are known
about him, other than his responses to Usenet inquiries. He is a
frequent recipient of hate mail and death threats. When one user asked
about his irascible, ill-tempered nature, PRED responded, "I hate
people. I work retail. You do the math."
Pred claims to have been harassed by US, Canadian, and British law
enforcement agencies for his work. Indeed, Lolita Method appears to
have provided interesting reading for detectives on several occasions.
Circa 2005, it was mentioned in a New Zealand news report as part of a
cache of questionable literature seized from a suspect. Meticulously
detailing the spectrum of methods employed by "Lolita hunters," the
book is a bonanza for criminologists studying ephebophilic behavior.
The book may provide some insight into the mentality of certain
statutory rape offenders. The authors devote a chapter to explaining
their motives, which can be boiled down to their belief that girls
reach their peak attractiveness in adolescence. They claim that "the
statutory dream queen (be it fantasy or reality) is our ideal in this
society -- from Brooke Shields, Jodie Foster and Natasha Kinski of the
70s to Kate Moss in the 90s." They describe their obsession as an
irrepressible one that results in psychopathic and violent behavior if
left unsatisfied.
Lolita Method was never assigned an ISBN number, and therefore was
always hard to find. Due to problems porting the floppy disk to more
modern machines, the document disappeared for several years before
fragments of it began appearing on Usenet in 1999. Prior to that, first
editions of the printed version had been priced at upwards of $100.00,
according to PRED.
See also
Age disparity in sexual relationships.
Sources
PREDATOR's Manifesto, Sep. 30, 1999.
Various Usenet postings.
Google-cached Stuff article, New Zealand, circa 2005. Former url:
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2875304a7694,00.html .
The Lolita Method
The Lolita Method is an underground book on romantically pursuing
adolescent girls that was written in the late 1980s. Subtitled "The
Sure Fire Way to Pick Up 'Forbidden' Girls," it was published by
Freedom Storehouse Press in 1989, with a second edition printed in
1991. Typed on an ancient word processing machine under the pen names
Scott Donner (aka PREDATOR or PRED) and Bill Humbert, it was printed on
cheap paper stapled together and distributed under the counter in sex
shops and head shops.
Summary
The writers explain how to identify and attract Lolitas, girls who may
be willing to have relationships with adult men. They expound in great
detail on seven sometimes-overlapping categories of Lolitas, each with
their own variation of the "Lolita urge," loosely defined as a girl's
desire to feel older and be treated as such. The categories include:
The Stoner or Burn-Out
The Gold Digger
The Average Girl
The Romantic Artist
The Blessed Virgin
The Ugly Girl
The Sex Freak
The authors hypothesize that each of these classes correspond to a
certain role the "Humbert" should shift into to exploit their
weaknesses. Despite the language of predation, Donner denies misogyny
in his manifesto, claiming, "I don't hate [women]. A lion does not hate
the gazelle. He merely hunts it and devours it. It is the balance of
nature."
In reading the book, it becomes apparent that PRED was a teacher, and
"Bill" was an engineer civil engineer designing a freeway. Many of
PRED's anecdotes center around girls he meets in the course of his
profession or as a summer camp counselor, while Bill's tales focus on
his three daughters and their babysitter. On several occasions, the
authors narrowly escape discovery.
Analysis
Several posts on Usenet speculate that PRED, a known erotic fiction
writer, made up the anecdotes in his book, since they feature cultural
cliches such as a 12-year-old flute player at band camp. PRED himself
denies this, saying "I also changed some details here and there to
throw people off the scent. It's all true, though, every single word.
This isn't a PRED story." In addition, the book predates the filming of
American Pie.
PRED himself remains an enigmatic character. Few details are known
about him, other than his responses to Usenet inquiries. He is a
frequent recipient of hate mail and death threats. When one user asked
about his irascible, ill-tempered nature, PRED responded, "I hate
people. I work retail. You do the math."
Pred claims to have been harassed by US, Canadian, and British law
enforcement agencies for his work. Indeed, Lolita Method appears to
have provided interesting reading for detectives on several occasions.
Circa 2005, it was mentioned in a New Zealand news report as part of a
cache of questionable literature seized from a suspect. Meticulously
detailing the spectrum of methods employed by "Lolita hunters," the
book is a bonanza for criminologists studying ephebophilic behavior.
The book may provide some insight into the mentality of certain
statutory rape offenders. The authors devote a chapter to explaining
their motives, which can be boiled down to their belief that girls
reach their peak attractiveness in adolescence. They claim that "the
statutory dream queen (be it fantasy or reality) is our ideal in this
society -- from Brooke Shields, Jodie Foster and Natasha Kinski of the
70s to Kate Moss in the 90s." They describe their obsession as an
irrepressible one that results in psychopathic and violent behavior if
left unsatisfied.
Lolita Method was never assigned an ISBN number, and therefore was
always hard to find. Due to problems porting the floppy disk to more
modern machines, the document disappeared for several years before
fragments of it began appearing on Usenet in 1999. Prior to that, first
editions of the printed version had been priced at upwards of $100.00,
according to PRED.
See also
Age disparity in sexual relationships.
Sources
PREDATOR's Manifesto, Sep. 30, 1999.
Various Usenet postings.
Google-cached Stuff article, New Zealand, circa 2005. Former url:
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2875304a7694,00.html .