The "red pill" was the default position for all of history. The woman has to generally listen to what her husband has to say(as he's the one providing security) and how people got married was generally through arranged marriages. With the rise of liberalism and feminism, these social structures and practice's were removed and modern dating was introduced, and in order to cope with modern dating becoming worse these weird tactics(tactics which are really how to stand up for yourself without being a jerk) were introduced.