The idea of chivalry is paramount to male culture, furthermore its’ neglect has led to what has a rapid and devastating, decline in men's self-identity.

In definition, chivalry is a moral system encompassing a combination of warrior’s code, devotion to a higher power, and manners amongst nobility. These values on the surface appear dated, and antique. They are in fact current themes in red Pill discussions

How the fuck is this red pill?

I can hear it as I type. > “ What the fuck is this bullshit? Some loser motherfucker trying to tell me how to tame the strange like sir slays-a-lot?!?!”

Stop. If this was you, you are here for the wrong reason. I won’t go into what TRP is, there’s a god damn sidebar for that. I won’t go in to self-actualization,\tor self-improvement or any of the other crucial theory posts. Simply put, this is about TRP Values and their similarities to historical male identity.

Being a warrior, practical applications

First, let's discuss a true warrior's drive. Think he happily anticipates the combat as he enters the battlefield? Relishes the bloodshed? Hears lament cries as cacophonic melody? No, this would imply he is sadistic. He doesn't want death for his opponent. Only total victory for himself. It is not bloodlust that drives him. But the purest form of competition. Truly cathartic and nostalgic to our evolutionary climb. History is filled with indviduals whom warfare was not a means of economic gratification, but personal satisfaction.

TRP has a large focal point on competition. Specifically, how crucial competition is to individual improvement. Think about what we call individuals who remove themselves from the competition; Beta, White knight, neckbeard, all refer to people who refuse competition (With men and women, women, or in person, respectively). We’ve always had the nomenclature; these people were once simply called cowards.

Faith

In oneself, before all else. Faith in what you believe you can become. Faith in who you are. Faith in your ambitions, and the religious conviction in which you pursue them. >“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”

While Socrates was referring to physical fitness, we can all agree the principle applies to all areas of self-improvements

Manners (acting) amongst nobility

So far we’ve seen how in antiquity the peak of manhood was about Competition, Courage, Confidence, and Conviction. Now it includes common courtesy, this on the surface appears out of place. Some of us may think "I'm confident in who I am, I don't need to pose for anyone." While the conviction conveyed by this is great, consider this. The final fundamental principle of TRP is enhancing SMV. Through the ways listed above, and by appearance. More prestigious social circles, a sophisticated sense of style, an air of refined and worldly class. Now it is not so much an act but a performance. A crucial social dance we have to engage in to prove the scope of our mastery.