The Pick Me is the quintessential “not like other girls” trope, a woman who hopes to be seen, and literally picked, by men as different, even exceptional. It sounds exhausting.

The pick-me girl label has been around for years. WHO speaks to relationship therapist Christine Rafe about the harm this ...

A pick-me boy, according to Urban Dictionary, “are types of guys that emotionally manipulate and gaslight girls by using self-deprecating language in the hopes of the girl contradicting them.

The term is used to describe a girl who does everything for external, mostly male validation. Experts weigh in on the damage pick-me girl name-calling can do.

Where there is a pick me girl, a pick me boy is not far away. While the phrase is less viral than its predecessor, it’s picking up steam online among women who are tired of being the sole butt ...

A pick-me boy, according to Urban Dictionary, “are types of guys that emotionally manipulate and gaslight girls by using self-deprecating language in the hopes of the girl contradicting them.

A pick-me girl is a girl who rejects classic notions of femininity in exchange for traditionally masculine interests catering to the male gaze. Here's why.

According to Jones, ‘pick-me’ girls seek out male attention in order to feel safe. But in order to prove that other women are non-threatening, they must first invalidate them.

Of course, the pick-me is problematic — while pointing out how they are unique and therefore desirable, such girls often diminish other women and their self-worth.

The pick-me girl goes “out of her way to stand out from other women in a way that is often for the male gaze, acceptance, approval, attention,” says Amanda Pasciucco, PhD, LMFT, a sex ...

Pick-me girl name-calling has been described as problematic and misogynistic and has even given rise to an anti-pick-me trend on social media. Galanti said the fact that the term has so much ...