Amazon removes nine books by ‘pro-rape’ campaigner ‘Roosh’ who boasts about sexual assault in his ‘pick-up manuals’
- Amazon took the unusual step of banning books by Daryush ‘Roosh’ Valizadeh
- However, Valizadeh is still able to promote his controversial views on Twitter
- The author is not currently banned on Google-owned video platform YouTube
- Valizadeh takes home £46,000 each year largely thanks to financial donations
Amazon has ditched nine books by ‘pro-rape’ campaigner ‘Roosh’ who boasts about sexual assault in his vile ‘pick-up manuals’.
The retail firm took the rare step of banning self-published books by Daryush ‘Roosh’ Valizadeh, which detail confessions of rape.
That includes his most recent book, published last week, which had already sold 1,000 copies before it was removed from the online store.
Valizadeh, who is also a virulent homophobe, still regularly promotes his racist, sexist and anti-semitic views on Twitter, where he has more than 40,000 followers.
He is also still allowed to publish videos on YouTube where his viewers can make financial donations – contributing to the $60,000 (£46,000) he takes home a year.
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The firm took the rare step of banning self-published books by Daryush ‘Roosh’ Valizadeh (pictured) which detail confessions of rape. He is pictured here in 2016
Amazon took down the books after it was contacted by Huffington Post for comment on an article around whether Valizadeh’s content violated their guidelines.
Valizadeh is on record as advocating women be banned from voting, describing a woman’s value as dependent on her ‘fertility and beauty’, and stating that women with eating disorders make the best girlfriends.
He left a job at a pharmaceutical company to become a ‘game teacher’ which involves describing how he picks up women.
Amazon has banned a number of books from its site over the years, many of which have been written by holocaust deniers.
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The firm confirmed to MailOnline it had removed the books but did not comment on specific reasons for removing the products.
Valizadeh graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in microbiology and soon after started a local blog called DC Bachelor.
By 2007, he felt he had established a considerable following and decided to pen his first book, called ‘Bang’.
Inside the book, he described the ‘ruthlessly optimised process’ that ‘enabled me to put my penis inside’ various women.
He later travelled abroad researching a slew of other titles that include Bang Colombia, Bang Iceland, Don’t Bang Denmark, Bang Poland and Bang Lithuania.
Valizadeh caused outrage after saying he wouldn’t respond to female journalists because he didn’t ‘respect’ them. He also angered people when he tweeted a sexist message with a picture of anchor, Candice Wyatt
He has more than 15 self-published books, many of which have been widely condemned as ‘rape guides’ by media, residents and politicians who live in the countries he is writing about.
He once said: ‘My default opinion of any girl I meet is worthless dirty wh**e until proven otherwise.’
In October 2012, Valizadeh decided to expand his online presence by creating the website ‘Return of Kings’.
The website publishes a string of ‘neomasculine’ articles which claim women should not work, women should have their behaviour and decisions ‘controlled by men’ and has even encouraged males to record consensual sex with a hidden camera to ensure they are not ‘falsely accused of rape’.
Other articles claim that one in four women are ‘certifiably mentally ill’ and should not be unable to live autonomously in today’s society.
In 2015, Valizadeh wrote one of his more offensive and reviled articles – ‘How to Stop Rape’ – in which he claims the US government should legalise rape on private property.
He has also started to tour countries where he tries gives speeches to an often small band of followers.
Despite a 42,500-strong petition calling for his entry to be blocked, he made his way to Montreal, in Canada, last August.
In the city he and his 34 supporters were met with a mob of angry protesters who threw beer in his face and chased him into a building as his followers scurried away.
Fearful he would be swamped by angry protesters again, the ‘anti-feminist’ hired extra security for an appearance in Toronto, which according to the Huffington Post , only had around 50 attendees.
In September 2016, a petition was also launched to have Valizadeh’s self-published ‘pro-rape’ books removed from the online retail giant Amazon.
The self-styled pick up artist is now facing backlash in Australia over proposed ‘tribal meetings’, where his followers can meet in a bid to connect with ‘like-minded men’.
A petition – similar to the one in Canada – was launched soon after he started tweeting about a possible appearance, which demanded the police and government work together to stop him from gaining a visa.
He has revelled in the media attention, telling female journalists that he would give them an interview if they performed fellatio on him.
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