Due to post WW2 linerals wanting to promote their perverted ideology, they started to promote the false doctrine that sex is a need. At the same time they could indirectly attack organized religion which was already on shakey ground. The accusation being that organized religion is denying you happiness. Well the counter to that is, don't belong to an organized religion, then nothing is being denied. Of course liberals want to subvert organizations which work against their agenda.

A need is air, water, food and shelter from the elements. I hold your head under water for 5 minutes you will die. I lock you in a room for 20 years and deny you access to pussy you will not die.

I don't buy 100% into the nofap movement but it does have some valid points. A desire isn't a need. The argument that one needs to satisfy a desire to obtain happiness can be easily proven false. Most humans have the desire to shove their face full of sweet stuff. You have this desire, you then eat a bunch of donuts, the temporarily stops, you feel happiness for a short period of time. Then the desire comes back.

The allegations that MGTOW are incels in denial is true in some cases. This is evident with discussions about robocunts etc. The member has realized that happiness can not be obtained from a biological woman. Usually it then branches into some tradcuck debate. Then it goes into, I can get happiness from some robocunt. I could argue that it is a less harmful way of satisfying ones desires, it is like subsituting wacky weed for crack cocaine but it doesn't address the underlying issue.

Contentment comes from conquering these desires. This is the traditional view of masculinity from a traditional christian perspective and for that matter, ancient Rome and ancient Greece.