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terra wrote:I'd never heard of this term and after googling around I can see why he would say that. MGTOW means 'men going their own way', and is a movement similar to "tune in, turn on and drop out". But where the focus is men's rights and anti-women.

They say MGTOW men have 'won' the game of life... But to me taking your bat and ball and going home is not winning the game. Winning the game is to engage, but in a manner where you come out on top.
This MGTOW movement seems limiting in that it comes from a level of consciousness of blaming others to make the self right etc, and withdrawing from life... Instead of evolving the self so as to transcend the issues that caused the original problem.

Anyhow I fit the profile, but hold similar views about the freedom of 'me' but without all the hate. Rather i'm getting on and engaging with life at an even deeper level, but from a place of being my own man.

Is this MGTOW thing well know in the U.S? Thoughts?

Ed Zachary wrote:People need to mind their own fucking business.

terra wrote:IGx is known for its foulmouthed ignorance, but also known for those who can think, and the nuggets born of such thinking.
I am interested in your well thought input to this topic.

There are some among us who probably have a lot of experience around this issue. Some even formal qualifications and professions involved in it.

This kind of flows on from that 'Universe 25' thread that Smet posted, with populations "going on strike" from traditional roles...

I was recently having a coffee with a mate, sharing with him where I'm at in life at the moment, how I'm living it, where its heading etc. How I am in my early forties, happily single*, fit, healthy, building my business, expanding my world, capitalising on opportunities etc etc... Great and full social life in all aspects, but also happy in the solitude of my own valuable company.

Without going into the dirt of my past/present story (for brevity, not due to any shame), I am really happy and things are getting better every day. As I was sharing this, my mate said something along the lines of "That's great so are you going to settle down in the area and have a family?"

My response was, hell no!
He laughed and said, "Oh, you are a MGTOW"...

I'd never heard of this term and after googling around I can see why he would say that. MGTOW means 'men going their own way', and is a movement similar to "tune in, turn on and drop out". But where the focus is men's rights and anti-women.

They say MGTOW men have 'won' the game of life... But to me taking your bat and ball and going home is not winning the game. Winning the game is to engage, but in a manner where you come out on top.
This MGTOW movement seems limiting in that it comes from a level of consciousness of blaming others to make the self right etc, and withdrawing from life... Instead of evolving the self so as to transcend the issues that caused the original problem.

Anyhow I fit the profile, but hold similar views about the freedom of 'me' but without all the hate. Rather i'm getting on and engaging with life at an even deeper level, but from a place of being my own man.

Is this MGTOW thing well know in the U.S? Thoughts?
Not looking for guidance, at all, just a dialogue.

If you are looking for something to get your thinking going listen to these...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlvMAS_20K4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8tToFv-bA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHkGZvC0z4I[/youtube]


Yes, yes I know, "would"... Anyhow those clips all resonate but here is the MGTOW manifesto that for some reason doesn't sit well...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVXdxaaRiAU[/youtube]

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WildGorillaMan wrote:One of my lifelong friends - never married, no kids - has fallen down the MRA rabbit hole and from what I see of it, seems to spend his social media time arguing with feminists in comments threads.

It's kind of sad.

Bud Charniga's grape ape wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:One of my lifelong friends - never married, no kids - has fallen down the MRA rabbit hole and from what I see of it, seems to spend his social media time arguing with feminists in comments threads.

It's kind of sad.

So what's his username here?

Fat Cat wrote:"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." -Don Vito Corleone

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