MGTOW

The "Men Going Their Own Way" initiative is interesting in that it is not a formal movement. Over the last 30 years, more and more men have simply opted out of the typical traditional social norm. They still like women, but they won't get married. They enjoy family and home life, but they don't want to pay the price women have come to expect. Instead, they simply choose not to participate. This is probably the best option.

I starting living a "MGTOW" life about six years ago. I realized the dating scene was a horror and that getting married again was a recipe for financial ruin. At this point, I run two web businesses which keep me living well and with loads of free time. I cannot imagine sacrificing this freedom. I cannot imagine getting married and giving a woman legal control over my earnings. Most men in my position feel the same way.

Interestingly enough, marriage and divorce, child support and alimony laws have caused many of us to rule out marriage - and the "elite" of the US know why we are unhappy. From judges to social workers, many know and express the fact that the system is far too generous to women and far too punitive to men. Yet - nothing will change as it is politically dangerous to move against people who have an unfair legal advantage over another group. All those who gain power and advantage aren't afraid to lose it, they are angry with anyone who suggest they should lose it.

I've spoken to perhaps hundreds of men who have opted out of the system. They date women, but don't commit. All of us are amazed at how bad things are with American and western women. Dennis Prager from KRLA in Los Angeles once remarked how the sexual revolution in the 1960s was the start of the MGTOW movement. He cited young men ready for a career and marriage being horrorstruck that the women they were dating were having sex with many different men. A common complaint was: "These girls are ruining themselves!" It's very true. Men have little desire to be with a promiscuous woman, but will give all to a traditional woman who shows restraint.

Things are different now. The reasons men marry are gone. Romantic love and traditional marriage are dead. Feminism killed them. Now the relations between men and women are simply hook-ups until the parties grow weary of each other. I rarely see relationships that last long. Women jump from one husband to the next, one boyfriend to the next. Then when they reach age 40, they suddenly panic. All those men who were anxious to get free sex from women are suddenly sniffing around the younger women. What's an old skank to do? They suddenly "reform" or turn traditional after a lifetime of screwed up values. It's all a ploy. Changing values late in life is always tantamount to a deathbed conversion - it doesn't mean a thing.

Another reason men are going their own way has to do with a family role. Aside from the risks of divorce and financial ruin, many men simply do not want to be part of a family or relationship dynamic in which they are not the leader. Before feminism, women knew they had to play a submissive, but active role in a relationship. They obeyed their husbands as long as they were being treated fairly. Not any more. Women these days model their behavior on TV characters, preferring to be misandric and controlling. Every relationship I've had has involved women insisting on being the primary decision maker. Every move we made together had to pass her judgement. Interestingly, any time I simply made the decision without a woman's involvement, everything went much more smoothly. Score one for the patriarchy in exile!

In the end, men are going to fare much better than the single women out there. And men going their own way aren't women haters, either. We all have mothers and sisters and daughters and don't want to see them in pain or leading empty frustrating lives, yet this is what they often embrace. Men will not follow a formula that doesn't work - not for long, yet women will follow it to destruction. Many girls growing up now will never know a real relationship. Feminists have stolen the social reality and teach girls to never go after the one life that will make them happy. Yet, when they are convinced of their nonsense, there is little one can do. Better to go one's own way and keep clear of the drama.

// posted by rafael699 @ 3:42 AM