A little over a year ago, I moved with my (now ex) GF to a country in Eastern Europe that happens to have a higher ratio of women>men.

After we broke up, I decided to stick around and realized right away that I was the "hot chick" here. Being educated, tall, well-mannered, and from the US were all giant pluses for me.

Having been a TRP lurker and semi-buying into their BS for quite some time, I thought it was a ripe opportunity for me to "spin" many a plate. My problem was that I was actually far too successful with it. I began to realize that, although I never lied to anyone and never said that I'm not sleeping with anyone else, I hurt many people. Now, because I am not a sociopath and can actually empathize with other human beings, this didn't sit well with me.

Because of the by-product of the fact that women here are far more likely to speak English and be-friend foreigners than men, I befriended many women (platonically).

The TRP view would have been that these "friends" are simply women I have not yet fucked, and that to deny it would be to deny my nature. But deep down inside, I had plenty of opportunities to meet my sexual desires, and really desired true friendship. I cannot express how happy I am that I maintained so many non-physical friendships with women.

Beginning to see them as people, with needs, desires, virtues and flaws like myself has made me appreciate much more profoundly that they have value - not "market" value (reproduction value) but intrinsic human value. Building a friendship with a woman is indeed quite different from a friendship with a man, but I've come to appreciate their viewpoint far more. The kind of shit that they have to put up with on a regular basis is beyond what I had ever imagined.

I have made male friends here as well, but interestingly most of these guys are only interested in getting drunk and picking up chicks together. I had some problems with translating documents a few months back - and only my female friends helped me. When I had financial issues, it was a girl who wired money into my bank account without even asking. For my birthday, all the girls planned this huge party for me with a cake, balloons, and a $200 bottle of Scotch (they know that I'm a whiskey fan).

This post is not to shit on guys or raise women on a pedestal, but to recognize that people are people - there are shitty individuals and awesome individuals. The idea that men and women are intrinsically the same is patently false, however, the Red Pill philosophy that helps to promote the idea that we should only have women around for their sexual value is not only toxic and damaging to society, but to ourselves as well.