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==Beliefs==
==Beliefs==
MGTOW has been associated with political viewpoints. Politically, MGTOW has been variously associated with [[libertarianism]],<ref name="KashmiraGander"/> the [[alt-right]],<ref name="KashmiraGander"/><ref name="AbiWilkinson">{{Cite newspaper|last=Wilkinson |first=Abi |title=We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men |date=November 15, 2016 |accessdate=February 13, 2017 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/15/alt-right-manosphere-mainstream-politics-breitbart |archiveurl= |archivedate= |journal=[[The Guardian]] |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> and [[philosophical anarchism]].<ref name="CBrianSmith"/> MGTOW use the word ''[[gynocentrism|gynocentric]]'' to describe conditions that they claim favor women to the detriment of men, and are opposed to such circumstances.<ref name="daubney">{{cite news|last=Daubney |first=Martin |title=George Lawlor's story shows how universities have become hostile towards men |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 24, 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/george-lawlors-story-shows-how-universities-have-become-hostile/ |archiveurl= |archivedate= |access-date=January 14, 2016 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref name="LauraPerrins"/> MGTOW believe that there is a systemic gynocentric bias against men including [[double standard]]s in [[gender role]]s, bias against men in [[family court]]s, lack of concern for men [[false accusation of rape|falsely accused of rape]] and lack of consequences for their accusers.<ref name="CBrianSmith"/>
MGTOW has been associated with political viewpoints. Politically, MGTOW has been variously associated with [[libertarianism]],<ref name="KashmiraGander"/> the [[alt-right]],<ref name="KashmiraGander"/><ref name="AbiWilkinson">{{Cite newspaper|last=Wilkinson |first=Abi |title=We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men |date=November 15, 2016 |accessdate=February 13, 2017 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/15/alt-right-manosphere-mainstream-politics-breitbart |archiveurl= |archivedate= |journal=[[The Guardian]] |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> and [[philosophical anarchism]].<ref name="CBrianSmith"/> MGTOW use the word ''[[gynocentrism|gynocentric]]'' to describe conditions that they claim favor women to the detriment of men, and are opposed to such circumstances.<ref name="daubney">{{cite news|last=Daubney |first=Martin |title=George Lawlor's story shows how universities have become hostile towards men |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 24, 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/george-lawlors-story-shows-how-universities-have-become-hostile/ |archiveurl= |archivedate= |access-date=January 14, 2016 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref name="LauraPerrins"/> MGTOW believe that there is a systemic gynocentric bias against men including [[double standard]]s in [[gender role]]s, bias against men in [[family court]]s, lack of concern for men [[false accusation of rape|falsely accused of rape]] and lack of consequences for their accusers.<ref name="CBrianSmith"/> One core doctrinal element of the MGTOW paradigm, is that women are biologically attracted to men anti-social personality disorders, a view that is supported by clinical evidence. In common parlance, women love badboys, thugs and assholes


===Views on relations with women===
===Views on relations with women===

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MGTOW logo[1] as shown in episode "Men at War" of the BBC series Reggie Yates' Extreme UK[2]

Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW /ˈmɪɡtaʊ/) is a mostly pseudonymous online community[3][4] of men supported by websites and social media presences[5] cautioning men against serious romantic relationships with women, especially marriage.[6][7]

The community is part of what is more broadly termed the manosphere.[8] MGTOW have "...vowed to stay away from women, stop dating and not have children".[9] MGTOW focuses on men's self-ownership rather than changing the status quo through activism and protest, making MGTOW distinct from the men's rights movement.[10]

History

According to Mack Lamoureux, the "...MGTOW community's history is murky, but it was most likely birthed in the mid to early 2000's by two men who go by the online aliases of Solaris and Ragnar." [11] While MGTOW is most associated with Reddit online forums (the UK Express calls MGTOW a "Reddit movement"), there are also MGTOW-themed videos on YouTube.[12]

Beliefs

MGTOW has been associated with political viewpoints. Politically, MGTOW has been variously associated with libertarianism,[13] the alt-right,[13][14] and philosophical anarchism.[10] MGTOW use the word gynocentric to describe conditions that they claim favor women to the detriment of men, and are opposed to such circumstances.[15][7] MGTOW believe that there is a systemic gynocentric bias against men including double standards in gender roles, bias against men in family courts, lack of concern for men falsely accused of rape and lack of consequences for their accusers.[10] One core doctrinal element of the MGTOW paradigm, is that women are biologically attracted to men anti-social personality disorders, a view that is supported by clinical evidence. In common parlance, women love badboys, thugs and assholes

Views on relations with women

According to the columnist Martin Daubney, members of the MGTOW community believe that legal and romantic entanglements with women fail a cost–benefit analysis and risk–benefit analysis.[16] Jeremy Nicholson, writing for Psychology Today, similarly described MGTOW as "guys who have been frustrated and punished to the point that they see no further incentive to relate [to dating] [...], they focus on making themselves happy".[17]

According to Vice magazine's Mack Lamoureux, there are a number of levels to MGTOW, ranging from the perception that gender equality is a lie, through rejection of relationships, to economic and societal disengagement.[11]

Kay Hymowitz has stated that some self-identified MGTOW express discontent because they see women as hypergamous and manipulative.[18] The Business Insider reporter Dylan Love wrote a "fully-realized MGTOW (there are levels to it) is someone who shuns all relationships with women, short-term, long-term, romantic, and otherwise. He eventually shuns society as a whole."[19] Some MGTOW have many short-term casual relationships or engage in sex with prostitutes.[10] Celibacy, however, is also an option. A MGTOW that chooses celibacy over sex and relationships is said to be "going monk"[20] and some embrace maintaining their virginity.[13][21] Some MGTOW members advocate having sex with prostitutes or using sex dolls.[citation needed]

Red pill

MGTOW use jargon such as "red pilled" to describe members of their movement and "blue pilled" to describe men outside, or opposed to their movement.[22][23]

Relationship to other groups

Men's rights movement

MGTOW differs from the men's rights movement, in that while the men's rights movement aims at changing the status quo, such as by changing the laws, MGTOW call for focus on self-ownership[10] and withdrawing from interactions with women.

Mack Lamoureux states that while "[a]t first glance, it's easy to lump MGTOW in with typical Men's Rights Activists (MRAs) who also believe that female oppression is a myth and that it's actually males who are oppressed—but that's not the case. The two groups differ significantly ... While MRAs are out to fix the problem through action and activism, members of MGTOW hold self-preservation above all else, and because of this the majority of the community seems to have decided to bow out."[11]

Herbivore men

According to Roselina Salemi, writing for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the Japanese concept of herbivore men is a subset of MGTOW.[24] Mack Lamoureux, writing in Vice, sees herbivore men as a consequence of Japanese socioeconomic conditions and MGTOW as an ideological choice.[5] In a write-in article at the Vox Populi section of the Lithuanian-language version of news portal DELFI, which article was originally published in an anonymous blog (since deleted),[25] MGTOW are described as a 'protest against feminist laws in the West,' whereas herbivore men are a response to traditional gender roles in Japan, such as those of salarymen.[26] Kashmira Gander, writing for The Independent, sees herbivore men serving as role models for MGTOW.[13]

Disagreements with other groups

MGTOW see feminists as "social justice warriors", while the LGBT rights movement and support for safe spaces are seen as obstacles to male self-ownership.[13] MGTOW have been described as having a "serious problem with feminism."[11]

MGTOW have a reciprocal disdain for the pickup artist.[10] The MGTOW movement has been criticized by the pick-up artists (PUA) for being cult-like, antithetical to human nature, and likened to separatist feminism.[10] Matt Forney from Return of Kings, a pick-up artist website, calls MGTOW a "creeping cult of male loserdom".[11]

Reception

Some writers have generally held a critical perspective of the MGTOW community. The Southern Poverty Law Center has identified MGTOW as a male supremacist group.[27] An article in The Economist about MGTOW states that the "rebalancing of the sexes has spawned 21st-century misogyny", with slogans like "Save a male and stop a wedding™" being an unregistered trademark of MGTOW.com.[28] Leah Morrigan states that the MGTOW founder Sandman's videos "proclai[m] his bitter, indiscriminate hate towards women", who he claims are all "manipulative whores and liars" whom Sandman "slut-shames, fat-shames, and age-shames".[29] When women are discussed on MGTOW forums, it is often "angrily";[30] the Southern Poverty Law Center places it "on the borders of the hateful incel community".[27]

Pick-up artists "disparage the community", calling their "'philosophy'...completely wrongheaded."[11] W. Bradford Wilcox, a conservative and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, was criticized by the MGTOW activist who goes by the pseudonym "Turd Flinging Monkey", who was against Wilcox's video about the "benefits of marriage for men", which notes that "married men work harder (about 400 more hours), smarter (they’re less likely to quit without having found another job), and more successfully (they make about $16,000 more per year) than their single peers".[31]

Researcher Barb MacQuarrie, who described the community as "misinformed", said, "They have no real ability to identify the global forces that are at work in their life, so they hang the blame on feminists", and interact with other "disillusioned, disenfranchised men" using "deplorable" rhetoric. She says that MGTOW advocates show "a complete lack of self-reflection", and their decision to live "separatist lifestyles" away from women is "pathetic". MacQuarrie summed up her views with the comment, "They're only reinforcing each other's really distorted perceptions of what's happening in the world. They are confining themselves knowingly to a life of isolation and a lot of limitations. It's sad."[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ MGTOW Logo created by Peter Wright in 2013 [1]
  2. ^ "Men at War". Reggie Yates' Extreme UK. Season 1. Episode 2. January 12, 2016. 22 minutes in. BBC. BBC Three. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ McCarthy, James (November 22, 2015). "David Sherratt, 18, is a men's rights activist who won't have casual sex in case he is falsely accused of rape". Wales Online. Retrieved December 31, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Doyle, Paulie (January 5, 2017). "How 'Fight Club' Became the Ultimate Handbook for Men's Rights Activists". Broadly. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b Lamoureux, Mack (September 24, 2015). "This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women". Vice. Retrieved December 30, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Wilcox, Bradford (May 18, 2016). "Maxim Masculinity: One Legacy of the Divorce Revolution". Family Studies. Retrieved October 25, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b Perrins, Laura (May 24, 2016). "Feminists and male supremacists have much in common – both are wrong". The Conservative Woman. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Goldwag, Arthur (Spring 2012). "Leader's Suicide Brings Attention to Men's Rights Movement". Intelligence Report (145). Retrieved April 6, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Barraclough, Corrine (April 3, 2017). "First men, now boys are 'Going Their Own Way'". www.news.com.au. news.com.au. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g C. Brian Smith (September 28, 2016). "The Straight Men Who Want Nothing to Do With Women". MEL Magazine. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b c d e f Lamoureux, Mack (September 24, 2015). "Inside the Group of Straight Men Who Are Swearing Off Women: They call themselves Men Going Their Own Way and they dislike feminism so much they are grabbing their balls and going home". www.vice.com. Vice. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  12. ^ Hodgkin, Emily (July 5, 2017). "Are modern men becoming CELIBATE? Online movement is encouraging men to ignore women". www.express.co.uk. Express. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e Gander, Kashmira (September 27, 2016). "Inside the world of men who've sworn never to sleep with women again". The Independent. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Wilkinson, Abi (November 15, 2016). "We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men". The Guardian. Retrieved February 13, 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Daubney, Martin (November 24, 2015). "George Lawlor's story shows how universities have become hostile towards men". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 14, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Daubney, Martin (November 15, 2015). "Meet the men giving up on women". The Sunday Times. Retrieved December 30, 2015. As a result of these views, such men are making logical, factual and cost-benefit-based decisions about women, dating and sex—and their brutally stark conclusion is that it's simply not worth the risk, expense or effort. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Nicholson, Jeremy (April 3, 2012). "Why Are Men Frustrated With Dating?". Psychology Today. Retrieved January 8, 2016. {{cite journal}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Hymowitz, Kay (February 27, 2011). "Why Are Men So Angry?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 30, 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Love, Dylan (September 15, 2013). "Inside Red Pill, The Weird New Cult For Men Who Don't Understand Women". Business Insider. Retrieved January 4, 2016. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ news.com.au (October 9, 2016). "The MGTOW group really, really don't like women". News.com.au. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Palash Krishna Mehrotra (September 10, 2016). "Why people don't want to make babies anymore (except Indians)". DailyO. Retrieved February 9, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Balls to all that". The Economist. June 16, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  23. ^ "'Por que confraternizar com o inimigo?' Os homens que evitam se relacionar com mulheres". BBC (in Portuguese). G1. November 29, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  24. ^ Salemi, Roselina (January 12, 2016). "Finalmente soli" [Finally alone]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved February 8, 2016. Dentro c'è di tutto: 'erbivori' (nel senso di per nulla carnali) stile giapponese, ..." (Translated: "Among [the MGTOW] there are all sorts of things: 'herbivores' (meaning: no carnal relations) of the Japanese type, ...
  25. ^ Rationalis (October 8, 2015). "Apie jaunimo pasirinkimą ir ekonominius liberalaus jaunimo baubus". Animus Rationalis (in Lithuanian). Blogger. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ "Moterų minčių apie "tikrus vyrus" forumuose prisiskaitęs vaikinas: vyrai, susimąstykite". DELFI Vox Populi (in Lithuanian). Lithuania: DELFI. October 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  27. ^ a b "Male Supremacy". www.splcenter.org. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  28. ^ "Balls to all that". The Economist. June 16, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  29. ^ Morrigan, Leah (September 6, 2015). "The Fear of Being Alone Has Ruined Modern Dating". www.huffingtonpost.ca. Huffington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2018. Then there is Men Going Their Own Way, or MGTOW, an online men's community that supports "a statement of self-ownership, where the modern man preserves and protects his own sovereignty above all else". I was delighted to find this site until I read further and found that what began as masculine empowerment quickly turned vile.
  30. ^ a b Forani, Jonathan. "'A way for men to come together': Men Going Their Own Way just want to be left alone". www.metronews.ca. Metro. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Wilcox, W. Bradford (May 19, 2016). "The Divorce Revolution Has Bred An Army Of Woman Haters – The divorce revolution has created a large minority of men who are ambivalent or hostile towards sacrifice, commitment, women, and marriage". thefederalist.com. The Federalist. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

Further reading

Look up MGTOW in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • Smith, Helen (2013). Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters. New York: Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1-59403-675-0.
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