Swallowing the red pill involves digesting and integrating a couple of revelations about fixed male and female nature that western egalitarian values see as antiquated and have attempted to suppress. Examples include male disposability, the 80-20 rule, and hypergamy.

More generally, TRP is a "safe space" to approach any issue from a pro-male perspective. This is why the forum here can be interesting almost regardless of what is discussed: the red pill is a refreshing lens through which the world can be viewed without the heavy filter of bitch-morality and anti-male ideology drummed into one's head since one's first day at kindergarten.

A component of the social decay that social justice warriors and liberal elites are intentionally or unintentionally wreaking in our civilization is the idea that men and women are biologically the same and that differences in their behavior are results of nurture, not nature. To compensate for these oppressive traditional gender roles, therefore, women should be more masculine and men more feminine.

The fact is--simplified but useful--that women are emotional beings that have thrived through navigating society and relationships, while men are designed to operate in relationship to the external world in all its danger and uncertainty. This is why females have higher social intelligence than men and why men are better suited to interact with the tangibles, to conquer and explore and build. Arguably, both elements of the human experience are vital. To further simplify, women are masters and providers of comfort while men are masters and providers of power. Either one without the other is incomplete.

For a man to achieve higher levels of completion with respect to developing and settling into his innate male nature, the power he wields over the outside world should involve not only superior physical strength, courage, aggression, and knowledge and familiarity with reality generally, but also the power to maintain frame in situations that would wreak havoc on a female mind. As comfort is threatened, stoicism--or strength of frame--is summoned.

Stoicism per se is a powerful philosophy already well-explored by ancient philosophers like Epicurus and Marcus Aurelius and touched on by moderns like Arthur Schopenhauer, but I'd like to take a stab in the dark and apply it directly to modern sexual strategy specifically by calling upon my own experience using stoicism in my interactions with women.

Acting bothered communicates weakness and reduces attraction.

In my current LTR of 5 months I've been a definitive asshole about 4 times. Two of those instances of assholery reduced attraction, and two of them dramatically increased it. The difference between those times that increased attraction and those that didn't is that those that did involved me not caring enough: not texting or calling her back after a considerable period of time and not really thanking her for something sweet she did for me (in this case, a loving letter she hand-wrote for me). Those instances of me being an asshole that immediately decreased attraction involved me caring too much: being offended at something she said, acting hurt or otherwise thrown-off-balance by a comment she made or by her being late to plans we had made (an enormous pet peeve of mine).

Avoid / reduce acting bothered. Be a rock and err on the side of not giving a shit.

Being "excited" about something demonstrates an undeveloped and outcome-dependent mental state.

As I've grown past my early and mid 20s and now approach my 30s, my general mental maturity has coincided with a specific trend: I no longer get "excited" about things. Last month I learned that I will receive a check for $75,000 this year after I sell my share in an LLC I was born into and no longer want. While pleased with this prospect, I would not have described my feelings towards it as "excited." When I told my girlfriend about it (note: in hindsight, probably not a good idea), I mentioned it in the same tone of voice and with the same attributed significance as I would while mentioning that I found a cool coupon to a restaurant I like. This stoic behavior communicates strength. pre-existing satisfaction, and a general abundance mentality.

Don't get excited. Excitement is a fixture of Justin Bieber concerts, not your RP life.

Having and being fun indirectly communicates strength

Nietzsche said: "To maintain a cheerful attitude of mind in the midst of a gloomy and exceeding responsible task is not slight artistic feat. And yet what could be more necessary than cheerfulness? Surplus power, alone, is the proof of power."

Because a female most often doesn't have the ability to assess the actual strength and power wielded by a man, she is programmed by her biology to observe cues indicating as much. She doesn't need to understand these cues or the automatic process of noting them for them to instinctively trigger sexual attraction. When a woman observes a man who is having fun, she subconsciously assumes (usually rightly) that this man is strong: He's not in a posture of self-protection, bitterly looking outwards in a hesitant non-participator but is maximizing his abilities by experiencing life fully. While not usually associated with stoicism, fun is the icing on top of the stoic cake. Stoicism is strong insulation from mental injury, and fun is an additional layer of said insulation. If Stoicism is the inner strength to achieve freedom from suffering, fun is what one does with such freedom and is evidence of said freedom and the strength from which it springs.

Stoicism is developed through a life-long process of self-improvement and self-acceptance.

This community talks a lot about self-improvement and it should, but the admittedly cringeworthy and cheesy concept of self-acceptance should be touched on as well. Self-acceptance doesn't mean not working to improve your life because you've accepted that you're already good enough. Rather, it becomes useful when one gets in the familiar trap of obsessing over self-improvement, feeling impatient with oneself, and actually harboring low self-esteem due to one's too-brutal expectations for oneself with respect to becoming, growing, improving.

Build stoicism slowly and organically through authentic self-improvement.

Stoicism, when incomplete (and it is for me and the great majority of men) should be faked

The value of biting your tongue when bothered by a woman cannot be overstated. Speaking in a retaliatory way out of emotional sensitivity and vulnerability immediately reduces your aura of stoicism and communicates weakness. Read: dry vaginas. Sometimes a man wants to control a woman more than he should. He becomes upset when she doesn't comply in the same fashion that he becomes upset when his computer crashes or internet connection times out: WTF, stop! When one observes this kind of frustration arising from the mind, nip it in the bud. Being transparent about your feelings is not necessarily a useful directive in all or even most cases. Silence is far preferable to expressing frustration. There are obvious exceptions to this. Use the reasonable/alpha man test to moderate to what degree one uses this principle.

Instead of expressing frustration, subtle de-investment works best. Your girl says something offensive? Suddenly hanging out with your buddies is a bit more appealing and you bounce with a hug and a kiss. Girl is flaky and is 45 minutes late? Don't get upset: get lost. Caring communicates weakness; weakness is a vagina dehumidifier.


TL;DR: Develop and simultaneously fake stoicism in your relations with women to communicate strength and build primal, unnegotiated sexual attraction.