Anh, I think it goes both ways, if someone is getting played it's because they are allowing themselves to get played. It happens in north america too. i.e. some women will go for a guy with a nice car, but if a guy with a nicer car comes along, they will go for them, maybe they won't ditch the first guy, so they can enjoy the benifits of both. If a guy has a nice car, he'll be bound to take the girl to nice restaurants (and foot the bill), buy nice gifts, take her on trips. It's shallow, but that's just how many people are. A guy who has a trophy, will continue to spend money to keep her, as long as he is getting laid and has that arm candy. Same goes with the sanky, instead of the women having a nice car, they have money, they dont need much, just more money than a sanky. The difference is is that women are more emotional then men, where they will convince themselves taht they love teh sanky, but really, they want them for their body, and the sex - if keeping that means spending money, then they will do it. I think it's unfair to villify these guys like they come from hell, because there is much of the same thing going on in the "first world", it's different, but it's on a parallel. I guess there's something about sex that will displace the heart and mind, i.e. those that get played aren't thinking with the right head. If someone loves you it is not hard to tell, if someone is playing you it is easy to tell if you use your brains and open your eyes. I've seen a few sankies in action, and from what I've seen their lines and methods are pretty pathetic "I love you", "I want to make love to you", "milk and coffee go together so nice" and they say this crap to one girl after another - to be honest I found it more comical than anything. But it works, why? Because some chicks think, "he's hot, I want him", and ignore all the warning signals, and then cry like victims when they get hurt. Just like the guy who goes into debt and gets a whopping credit card bill only to find that his trophy has left him for someone with more money. It takes 2 to tango.