The origins of MGTOW hearkens back to when these men were in their early teens. Nerd or jock. Player or uber-beta. Virgin or porn star. All men have had to suffer the games, psychoses, drama, and just plain BS associated with dating and courting women/girls since puberty. Some men, with a low threshold for psychological pain or abuse (or as I like to call it "self-respect"), just give up. They make a conscious economic decision weighing the costs and benefits of continuing to pursue the opposite sex and came to the decision not to chase any more. To hop on their motorcycles, get the snippity snip, minimize their expenses and head out into the vast plains of life and maximize the time they have on this planet for their own benefit before they died.I think the Captain's analysis is largely correct, except perhaps in failing to account for the one group of women who do genuinely go their own way, just as they have always done. These are the service-minded women, the sort of women who in an earlier time voluntarily pledged themselves to the Church and became nuns. There have always been women whose focus has been on service to others rather than to a husband and family, and their sacrifice has traditionally been honored and respected by men and women alike. Florence Nightingale is perhaps the ultimate historical example of a woman who truly went her own way whereas Saint Brigit of Ireland could be considered the classic example.
This "process" or "epiphany" is different from the origins of WGTOW or how women decide going their own way is the best option. Most men go their own way in their prime. It's a conscious choice. It wasn't forced upon them. They purposely and consciously chose to quit because it was the wisest choice. Whereas with WGTOW, it's a situation that seems forced upon them. They wake up one day, at the age of 37, realize the past 7 years was not as fruitful as it was from 1990-1997 and are faced with the reality nobody cares about Winona Ryder anymore. They only care about Megan Fox. They never analyzed or assessed the ROI of their efforts on attracting a male. They never looked back and said, "Gee, I'm going to die here in a short 40 years, I better quit pissing away my time at the bars and go hiking in Glacier National Park." They just took the time to finally turn around and see men stopped chasing them back in Bush's first administration.
They then claim, "Oh yeah, me too! Fish-bicycle! I'm going my own way!" Sadly, because it's their only option. This, does not a deeply thoughtful (or intellectually honest) epiphany make.
I don't think MGTOW is healthy in the least, in fact, the mere fact of its existence is an indictment on modern equalitarian society. But, unfortunately, it is an understandable and rational response.
