Men Going Their Own Way
Men Going Their Own Way (more commonly abbreviated MGTOW, pronounced (/ˈmɪɡtaʊ/)) is an online community[2] supported by websites and social media presences.[3] The community is part of what is more broadly termed the manosphere.[4]
According to 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.[5] Jeremy Nicholson writing for Psychology Today similarly described MGTOW as men frustrated with the lack of incentives to date who choose to opt out of dating and focus on taking care of themselves.[6] Kay Hymowitz has stated that some self-identified MGTOW express discontent because they see women as hypergamous and manipulative.[7] 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."[8] MGTOW use the word "gynocentric" to describe conditions that favor women to the detriment of men, and are opposed to such circumstances.[9]
According to Roselina Salemi, writing for La Repubblica, the Japanese concept of herbivore men is a subset of MGTOW.[10] Mack Lamoureux writing in Vice sees herbivore men as a consequence of Japanese socioeconomic conditions and MGTOW as an ideological choice.[3] In a DELFI article 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.[11]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Men at War". Reggie Yates' Extreme UK. Season 1. Episode 2. January 12, 2016. 22 minutes in. BBC. BBC Three.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b Lamoureux, Mack (September 24, 2015). "This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women". Vice Magazine. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Goldwag, Arthur (Spring 2012). "Leader's Suicide Brings Attention to Men's Rights Movement". Intelligence Report (145). Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ Daubney, Martin (November 15, 2015). "Meet the men giving up on women". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
As a result of these views, such men are making what they see as 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.
- ^ Nicholson, Jeremy (April 3, 2012). "Why Are Men Frustrated With Dating?". psychologytoday.com. Psychology Today. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ Hymowitz, Kay (February 27, 2011). "Why Are Men So Angry?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Daubney, Martin (November 24, 2015). "George Lawlor's story shows how universities have become hostile towards men". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Finalmente soli". La Repubblica (in Italian). January 12, 2016. 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, ...
- ^ "Moterų minčių apie "tikrus vyrus" forumuose prisiskaitęs vaikinas: vyrai, susimąstykite". DELFI (in Lithuanian). October 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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