… a little about me: grew up super liberal on the west coast; intellectual spirituality, organic in the 80s, etc. Father wasnt present. Raised by strong women; the men of that community suffered from peter pan syndrome.

I didnt have a driving need for kids; have a thirst for experience and adventure. Am intelligent, experienced, worldly. Have always been able to manifest a good life. Marriage seemed like what you did for kids, so irrelevant.

I have always been attracted to “working men;” skilled tradesmen. 1st partner seemed outwardly masculine but a doormat to everyone in reality. When a (work) threat came to me; my “switch” flipped as I knew he couldn’t protect me in any way - psychologically, financially, nothing. It was an animalistic thing that i couldnt control.

Many years went by, then 2nd partner came along which was a roller coaster of insanity that I now know was hard core RP dating strategy abuse. Dread game, anchoring, triangulation. Always trying to get me to instigate everything to trigger that “i won my prize” feeling… but honestly felt weak because he didnt state what he wanted even though i knew what he wanted.

I didnt know that that 2nd partner was RP until 3 yrs ago when a close work colleague starting acting really strange in a manner very similar to #2. Long story short-ish, turns out he was using the nuclear version of RP strategy-Shogun Method which includes subliminal messaging; NLP. Look it up, scary stuff and effective. When confronted, he briefly admitted it to me - then gaslit me and messed with my head for a year longer. It finally ended when he got a job elsewhere.

When i started to dive deep on Shogun is when i came across RP strategy and realized 3 things - 1. I was a victim of RP abuse with partner #2 ; 2. that the base knowledge of RP was correct in so many ways - HOWEVER, many of the tactics espoused by Rollo, etc are EXTREMELY abusive. 3. Men use this in the workplace for non-sexual or romantic targets. I work in construction/tech which is male-dominated. I see it all of the time; hot/cold, dread.

So now I’m single, know so much more about what i really want to give and receive with what type of man… but I’m also confused. While i agree that many couples would thrive in the captain/first mate dynamic; I also strongly believe that this should all stay out of the workplace.

While I cant claim that I’m fully “liberal” anymore as the modern version of feminism is truly toxic, I do think that we all should have choice and equal access to better our lives. Meaning, if you want to be a career-woman and are good at it; men shouldnt hold you back. And if a man want to be a stay at home dad and his wife is game; cool. I believe more in “polarity;” I’m guessing that you all know what that is.

Having good business sense and a career is the main thing that has kept me from being a statistic. And i see a lot of women end up in bad sitchs w/out access to good work. Many of us that do succeed have to dominate mediocre men doing the bare minimum to keep their rank… and they dont like that.

So, I guess my questions are:

  1. Is there a place for a woman with my opinions amongst this group?

  2. How do you feel about RP in the workplace?

  3. I would like to process relationship #2 with other victims. The thing is that most women my age dont have any idea how calculated the strategy is .. and they think i’m crazy. Do you all know of groups that i could join? I’ve looked…

  4. I’m successful and accomplished. I make a lot of $. I look pretty good for my age. I am not attracted to or attractive to most successful golf-guys or similar. Where do I find a man into the healthier side of RP/polarity ?