Jeff Allen from controversial pick-up artists group Real Social Dynamics is reportedly planning an event in New Zealand.

A controversial group of American "pick-up artists" is planning a trip to New Zealand, after one of its members was deported from Australia for encouraging the choking of women.

The Women's Refuge has called for the group to be banned from the country, describing its attitude towards women as "downright scary".

The group, Real Social Dynamics, describes itself as "the gold standard of the dating industry", specialising in dating advice, image consultation, and "integrating clients into social scenes".

One of its instructors, Julien Blanc, ran into controversy during a 2014 tour of Australia to teach men how to "attract and seduce women quickly, easily and consistently".

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supplied A photo purporting to show controversial pick-up artists group Real Social Dynamics hosting an event in Sydney.

His promoted methods of choking women, grabbing their heads and pushing them toward his groin attracted outrage on social media from those who saw it as violence towards women.

A week-long online campaign, petition and protest at the venue led to the cancellation of Blanc's visa by the then Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison.

Now, a different member of the group, Jeff Allen, is reportedly planning a trip to New Zealand and Australia, with the Real Social Dynamics website initially promoting an event in Auckland for April 21 (the listing has since been removed).

supplied Julien Blanc from controversial pick-up artists group Real Social Dynamics was deported from Australia in 2014 after he promoted the choking of women.

Allen's website profile says his "particular area of expertise is scoring threesomes", adding: "In fact, he spent an entire year having ménage-a-trois EXCLUSIVELY [sic] in order to develop a strong, consistent skill-set in this area".

Women's Refuge New Zealand chief executive Ange Jury said the methods promoted by Blanc, and the possibility of a visit by members of the same group, were "just absolutely bloody abhorrent".

"I'm not even sure if it's being couched as humour, which would be bad enough, but if it's actually being treated in any way as 'Here guys, here's some advice', then it's just downright scary."

Violence against women was fuelled by treating them as objects and social attitudes such as Blanc's, she said.

"Encouraging behaviour that suggests that physical force and dominance is an acceptable way of getting what you want from women is crazy stuff."

'SEXUAL PREDATORS UNWELCOME'

Jury said the Government should step in to ensure the group was not allowed into New Zealand, given its stated desire to tackle domestic and family violence.

"If people espousing these sort of viewpoints are welcomed here, I'm not sure what that says about commitment to making a change."

Green Party MP Marama Davidson also backed a ban for members of the group, saying their attitudes towards women were not welcome.

"We have to be really clear and say that sexual predators are unwelcome here, especially at this time in New Zealand when we've got a massive issue with domestic violence."

More than 60,000 people have already signed an online petition asking the Australian government to revoke Allen's visa, saying he would "essentially psychologically abuse women until they submit to these men".

When Stuff contacted a Sydney number listed on the RSD website, a man named Giovanni said the tour had been "postponed". He would not say what the new dates were.



Immigration New Zealand said it had no record of anyone by Allen's name or description having applied for a visa.

While the United States had a visa waiver agreement with New Zealand, visitors still had to meet health and character requirements before they were allowed to enter.

In addition, anyone intending to work in New Zealand would need to apply for and obtain a work visa.

A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said he would not comment on individual cases.