Psychotherapists Paul Watzlawick, John Weakland and Richard Fisch noted in their book Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution a tendency among their patients to apply "solutions" that worsen existing problems and create new ones. While the book, as far as I remember, never mentioned anything about sexual strategy, most of their examples can be easily applied to TRP, MGTOW and the manosphere in general.

Many manospherians say to have started as blue-pilled, which they describe as a state of ignorance about female nature. This blue pill, however, isn't just a set of lies peddled by the liberal/feminist media, as they often describe it. This blue pill is the just an extension of the women-are-wonderful (WAW) effect, present in benevolent sexism (BS) against women.

Benevolent sexism is associated with victim blaming when rape is perpetrated by a victim's acquaintance (1, 2 and 3), which suggest lower tolerance against women who break traditional norms. It's not far-fetched to assume that men high on BS and those who endorse WAW are hit harder by female toxic behavior in relationships, because of their unrealistic expectations about the opposite sex.

TRP portrays itself as the solution to these troubles, but unlike a good therapist who helps its clients assume a more realistic view of the other gender, it strives to overcorrect the illusion that all women are wonderful by replacing it with the illusion that all women are hypergamous sluts by nature. As a result, men who take the pill either a) drop their standards for their potential partners because they assume that red flags are just the manifestation of the AWALt female nature, or b) go into an excessive self-protective mode because everything a woman does is seen as a red flag. In either case, the pill hinders a man's ability to form a fulfilling relationship with women.

Another harmful solution advocated by TRP is the adoption of low agreeableness, manipulative tactics and a promiscuous lifestyle to find a "high value" woman and extract the maximum benefits from any relationship as dictated by the so-called "male imperative". The problem? Assortative mating, a form of sexual selection through which people choose partners similar to them at rates higher than what would be expected from chance. Partners tend to be similar in their levels of agreeableness, anti-social behavior, psychopathy, and sexual experience (promiscuity isn't necessarily toxic, but relevant to the topic considering how much TRP complains about n-count). It shouldn't come as a surprise that taking the pill actually increases your chances of dating nasty, manipulative and promiscuous women. Furthermore, the madonna/whore dichotomy that seems to be prevalent in the manosphere is associated with lower relationship satisfaction. A sexual experience gap between partners is also correlated with lower levels of love, satisfaction and commitment.

Taking the red pill is like getting on a sinking boat in the middle of a wastewater pond. It offers you some comfort while it slowly sinks you in a big pool of shit.