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The content of Leykis' show, while popular with listeners, elicits strong media criticism. His show has been described as "five hours of women-hating venom" [1] hosted by "a peddler of misogyny and misinformation, a radio shock jock who promotes gross simplifications as facts and confuses shrill tones with dialogue." [2] Leykis, however, acknowledges he courts controversy to generate interest, claiming "this is a business, and my job is to get the largest number of listeners I can get." [3]

The Date

Leykis 101 students are cautioned against spending more than $40 on a date. Leykis believes that expensive dinners, pricey gifts, elaborate flowers and the like do not increase the chances of sex. Why $40? Because when you go to the ATM, it is the most common fast cash option.

If a woman does not "put out" (i.e., consent to sex) by the third date, a Leykis 101 student should "dump that bitch" ("DTB" for short) because she has no intention of ever doing so, according to Leykis.

Use a condom every time during sex

Men should be responsible for birth control and always wear a condom regardless of what the woman claims. Students never rely on the woman's declaration that she's using a contraceptive, says Leykis.

He instructs students to flush their used condoms down the toilet, but because this is sometimes inconvenient or impossible, students are encouraged to carry hot sauce to pour inside their used condoms. According to Professor Tom, several women have attempted to impregnate themselves with the sperm inside spent condoms to extort child support payments. Leykis advises men who use the 'hot sauce method' to "get out as soon as they hear a scream", a probable indicator that the woman has tried to self-inseminate.

Whom not to date

Single Mothers: Leykis insists that some men have been ordered by the courts to pay child support to their former wives, even though they were not the biological father of her children. This, he asserts, financially ruins the men for many years making them unable to start a new life with another woman or enjoy the money they earn.

Women who use a cell phone during a date: Leykis claims such women do not consider the date important and are probably arranging a later date with another man.

Women in Groups: Leykis claims that they make sure no sex happens. This is especially true if a date unexpectedly shows up with an uninvited girlfriend, as they’re scamming for free food or need an excuse to leave, without you.

Coworkers: Leykis claims dating coworkers risks being sued for sexual harassment and leads to awkward working relationships. Tom does make exception if you don't care about your job or wouldn't mind quitting or getting fired as a result of dating a coworker.

Facts of life

Leykis claims that the more money a man makes, the more attractive he is to females.

Leykis claims that "young and hot girls" are a natural substitute for Viagra and Cialis.

Leykis also claims that until a student's career is established, he should not have girlfriends. He often quotes empirical evidence as justification for not getting married.

Cell phones and dating

If a female answers a cell-phone call, or responds to text messages, in the middle of dinner, Leykis advises that the male should immediately get up and leave. He justifies this as follows:

• It is possible that the caller is another man who she is going to have sex with when she finishes her date.
• If the caller is one of her children, the man is already violating Leykis' 'no-single-mothers' rule.
• If the call is work related, and is deemed more important than the man now, it will always be more important.

Leykis believes if a woman deems a 101 student unimportant enough that she feels comfortable answering her cell phone during the date, she is not sufficiently interested in having sex with the man. Leaving immediately, he advises, would save the man a good deal of money. In contrast, he believes the man should always carry a cell phone on dates. Leykis' logic follows that a man ignoring a woman for a work related call will actually make him look more "important and in control", thereby drastically reducing the "waiting period" women observe before having sex with men they're dating. Leykis claims that a woman will try to test a man, trying to focus his attention on her and, he believes, there's a good chance that sex might be part of the attention-getting hunt.

Don't answer the phone on weekends

Leykis admonishes his students against answering their telephones on weekends, giving the impression that they are busy and important people. Answering a woman's calls (and generally being accessible to her) is not the way to do this, he advises. As justification, Leykis usually quotes what he believes is a basic rule of humanity: "we want what we can't have."

Poindexter

According to Leykis, a woman begins Looking for Poindexter, at the point in her life when she makes the decision to buy a house and find a man to create children with. With more than 100,000 miles on her odometer, she runs ads on Craigs List with the one liner, I've had my fun. She's done all the hot guys, like the highschool quarterback, but now she's interested in someone more stable. One thing's for sure, for the next guy it won't be fun, because from here on out it's all business, love is secondary at this point. Now she wants a rent payer, sperm donor, a human wallet. She's going to treat this relationship like a business decision.

Crazy

Tom has zero tolerance about anything crazy. For example if a woman hits him, or if she threatens to jump out of an open car door while the car is moving, he gives one warning. After that it's all over with. When you hang around with somebody like that, pretty soon you'll go over the edge. On a first date spend the date at her place not yours. This way she does not know where you live and cannot harrass you. Avoid giving her your primary telephone number, give that to your friends only. Give her the "women only" telephone number and screen those calls.

Relationships

Avoid relationships, especially up to age 25. Tom says a person should experience as many other people as possible up to the age of 25. Do different things, travel the world, establish your career. For people over age 25, avoid seriously dating anyone under age 25. People are still forming their personality to age 25.

Women are Dreamkillers. Women stifle a man's Career Potential. Leykis explains he had to divorce and end relationships because women wanted to "settle down" to build a nest to raise kids, to place Family above Career. Their desire to "settle down" stifles Tom's own career as a radio personality. In radio each career move means moving to a new city to a new market. Leykis 101 suggests a man who wants to realize his Dream must therefore avoid being tied down to anyone. Unestablished young men especially must be wary of "Dreamkillers."

Women are Golddiggers. Women see men as a source of wealth. Whether spending one night with a pro athlete, or one year married to a millionaire, a woman's goal is to get a maximum amount of money out of the man. Tom focuses on pro athlete "rape" cases such as Kobe Bryant because he feels many of these cases are not rape, but consentual traps set up by Golddiggers.

American Women are b--. Compared to foreign women, American women are such b-- that they are unattractive to Tom. On his radio show Tom openly uses the "b--" word to describe American women, and he boasts that his current girlfriends "are not white American women."

Black Book

Tom kept the names of who he was dating in a book. He had an A list, B list, and C list. He would date the C list on Sundays and Mondays. The B list on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the A list on Thursdays. He would keep Friday and Saturday nights open to meet new women.

Stink of Death

Leykis refers to a man who's not getting any, as having the stink of death. You can tell by the way he dresses and how he acts.

Violence against women

Leykis claims he does not like this phrase, because "it leads people to ignore violence against men." Leykis reminds students that "nothing turns off women faster than violence against them without their consent." He also tells his audience to get out of any abusive relationships, and insists "it is wrong" to hit anyone.

Tom Leykis Glossary

Slut - Someone who sleeps with everyone.

Bitch - Someone who sleeps with everyone but you.

Dump that bitch - Immediately or preemptively break-up with your girlfriend, fiancée or spouse. Also abbreviated DTB.

Vaginamony - Alimony and/or child support.

Pussification - The emasculation or feminization of men, especially sons of single mothers who openly bad-mouth their ex-husbands.

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