Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears....
Now, I don't personally subscribe to MRA, MGTOW, or RedPill theories or doctrine, but there's no doubt that it's a growing movement especially among younger men. I want to talk specifically about MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) which seems to be an off-shoot of the more negative parts of the MRA movement.
"So perthblue, you beautiful intelligent cosmopolitan gentleman," I hear you ask "What do you mean by 'men going their own way'"
The subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/ describes it as this:
More specifically, it is about men ditching the idea of marriage and raising children, and dedicating their lives to other pursuits.
www.mgtow.com describes it as this:
The quote "If MGTOW is fire, then perhaps feminism is gasoline" is the quote which best describes what motivates the movement. Young men aren't happy with the way that men in general are portrayed by the 3rd wave feminist movement and are resisting by dedicating their lives to other pursuits other than romantic or sexual, or at least not dedicating as much time to romantic/sexual pursuits as men generally do.
Typing in 'MGTOW' on youtube will serve up a number of MGTOW related channels. I have found that the overwhelming majority of videos posted on such channels are of this nature, where a woman is displaying victimhood or entitlement where it is not waranted:
Some of the comments:
I know Youtube comments are bottom-of-the-barrel stuff but I wanted to illustrate the mentality of the average follower of the MGTOW movement.
So what do you think?
Do these men have a point? Does modern feminism, or at least the mainstream portrayal of it, have a share of the blame for 'men going their own way'? Are these blokes just being a bit precious? Or are they just young and unsuccessful with women, and will eventually grow out of it?
Over to you, Bigfooty
Goodwill to you and yours,
perthblue
x o x o x o
Now, I don't personally subscribe to MRA, MGTOW, or RedPill theories or doctrine, but there's no doubt that it's a growing movement especially among younger men. I want to talk specifically about MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) which seems to be an off-shoot of the more negative parts of the MRA movement.
"So perthblue, you beautiful intelligent cosmopolitan gentleman," I hear you ask "What do you mean by 'men going their own way'"
The subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/ describes it as this:
We are men going our own way by forging our own identities and paths to self-defined success; cutting through collective ideas of what a man is.
More specifically, it is about men ditching the idea of marriage and raising children, and dedicating their lives to other pursuits.
www.mgtow.com describes it as this:
The History of M.G.T.O.W | Men Going Their Own Way
Men have gone their own way for centuries. Welcome to v.2017.
There has been much chatter about when "MGTOW" originated online as a recent social phenomenon, but one would really have to pull the camera back. Way back to Schopenhauer, Tesla, Beethoven, Galileo, or even Jesus Christ - if you're up to arguing that.
MGTOW is not as old as fire, but it's as old as a man's first discovery of it.
Fire always exists - even when you can't see it - and it only takes a spark or a bolt of lightning to ignite a blaze. MGTOW could be regarded as a reaction to recent cultural shifts, but the exact phrase "Men Going Their Own Way" can be found in print and newspaper clippings dating back to 1853, and spanning the 20th century.
If MGTOW is fire, then perhaps feminism is gasoline.
"For every action has an equal and opposite reaction".
- Sir Isaac Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
Survival and mating are the success model for animals in the wild. That's the best they will ever do. But marriage and children are not the highest pinnacle of success for Men. Some 60% of men who ever lived on Earth never had children, so what did they dedicate their lives to?
For millennia, men have accomplished and contributed far greater miracles of science, discovery and human endeavor, and thanks to men like Orville and Wilbur Wright, man is the only mammal that can't fly - that CAN fly. Man is also the only species that has the capability of deflecting an extinction-level event.
The quote "If MGTOW is fire, then perhaps feminism is gasoline" is the quote which best describes what motivates the movement. Young men aren't happy with the way that men in general are portrayed by the 3rd wave feminist movement and are resisting by dedicating their lives to other pursuits other than romantic or sexual, or at least not dedicating as much time to romantic/sexual pursuits as men generally do.
Typing in 'MGTOW' on youtube will serve up a number of MGTOW related channels. I have found that the overwhelming majority of videos posted on such channels are of this nature, where a woman is displaying victimhood or entitlement where it is not waranted:
Some of the comments:
imagine a male teacher would have confirmed sex with a 17 year old girl and he would say the psycological issues blablabla
Today's modern woman: refuses to own up and take responsibility for her actions.... even when she commits a crime!!
Typical female lack of accountability...it's never really their fault it's always the fault of someone else...regardless of the circumstances.....this is one of the hallmarks of female nature.
I know Youtube comments are bottom-of-the-barrel stuff but I wanted to illustrate the mentality of the average follower of the MGTOW movement.
So what do you think?
Do these men have a point? Does modern feminism, or at least the mainstream portrayal of it, have a share of the blame for 'men going their own way'? Are these blokes just being a bit precious? Or are they just young and unsuccessful with women, and will eventually grow out of it?
Over to you, Bigfooty
Goodwill to you and yours,
perthblue
x o x o x o