The first book/chapter of Petronius' "The Satyricon", God awful book, that is reminiscent of a terrible nightmare.

Character gets lost in a town,
Asks old lady for help,
Old lady leads him to a brothel,
Character finds friend there,
Character hears that friend raped his young boyfriend,
Character and friend eventually after running into trouble with the law make it back to their dwelling,
Lady busts in and threatens them to keep secret the brothel,
Male prostitute violently rapes them, and continues to rape them,
other meaningless crap,
the end.

A pick me is a woman that is willing to do anything for male approval. She will embarrass or throw other women under the bus to achieve this goal. The unfortunate thing about a pick me is usually the men they are trying to seek approval from are of poor quality and treat women badly, leaving little real benefit for the pick me.