25 (M)

I thought I'd like to share how I was introduced to these pseudo-movements like the red pill and MGTOW, and more importantly why I ended up rejecting them.

My story is a typical incel story. I struggle a lot with dating and have never had a serious relationship. I went to a very small high school, so dating was not very common. In college I got rejected a lot and chased a lot of distracted women who did not reciprocate any interest in me.

Around my junior year of college I stumbled on posts on reddit about MGTOW. Given my lack of success in dating, I was vulnerable and could be easily influenced by this way of thinking. Same thing with the red pill. And of course, I came across Richard Cooper and started following a lot of his content. This lead me on a journey of self improvement, but left a lot of bitterness towards women in my mind.

Over the years, I started seeing this content for what it really was. A lot of these men are hateful towards women and are spiraling further into their delusions and calling it enlightenment.

I finally stopped following this content when it started talking about single motherhood. They say that men are weaker if they were in a single parent household. I was raised by a single mom, and it makes no sense to make to label me as a weaker person due to conditions that were completely out of my control. There was even one post about the protests and riots this year, saying that these men are acting out because they were raised by single moms..... like what the fuck? That was included along with a lot of other racist shit.

Overall, these men are embittered by their break ups and divorces and using these horribly delusional and misogynistic ideas to make money off of impressionable and ignorant young men.

I really had to reflect on my ideas of women and stop projecting this hateful nonsense onto women in my life.

Overall, block this content. Get the fuck off of social media and go meet people.