Men Going Their Own Way

MGTOW logo as shown in episode "Men at War" of the BBC series Reggie Yates' Extreme UK^[1]

Men Going Their Own Way (more commonly abbreviated MGTOW, pronounced (/ˈmɪɡtaʊ/)) is an online community^[2] supported by websites and social media presences.^[3] The community is part of what is more broadly termed the manosphere.^[4]

According to columnist Martin Daubney, members of the MGTOW community believe that legal and romantic entanglements with women fail a cost–benefit analysis and risk–benefit analysis.^[5] Jeremy Nicholson writing for Psychology Today similarly described MGTOW as men frustrated with the lack of incentives to date who choose to opt out of dating and focus on taking care of themselves.^[6] Kay Hymowitz has stated that some self-identified MGTOW express bitterness because they see women as hypergamous and manipulative.^[7] Business Insider reporter Dylan Love wrote a "fully-realized MGTOW (there are levels to it) is someone who shuns all relationships with women, short-term, long-term, romantic, and otherwise. He eventually shuns society as a whole."^[8] MGTOW use the word "gynocentric" to describe conditions that favor women to the detriment of men, and are opposed to such circumstances.^[9]

According to Roselina Salemi, writing for La Repubblica, the Japanese concept of herbivore men is a subset of MGTOW.^[10] Mack Lamoureux writing in Vice sees herbivore men as a consequence of Japanese socioeconomic conditions and MGTOW as an ideological choice.^[3] In a DELFI article MGTOW are described as a protest against feminist laws in the West whereas herbivore men are a response to traditional gender roles in Japan, such as those of salarymen.^[11]

See also

• The Manipulated Man
• Men's liberation movement
• Men's rights movement
• Separatist feminism

Notes and references

1. "Men at War". Reggie Yates' Extreme UK. Season 1. Episode 2. January 12, 2016. 22 minutes in. BBC. BBC Three.
2. McCarthy, James (22 Nov 2015). "David Sherratt, 18, is a men's rights activist who won't have casual sex in case he is falsely accused of rape". Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
3. Lamoureux, Mack (September 24, 2015). "This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women". Vice Magazine. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
4. Goldwag, Arthur (Spring 2012). "Leader’s Suicide Brings Attention to Men’s Rights Movement". Intelligence Report (Southern Poverty Law Center) (145). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
5. Daubney, Martin (15 November 2015). "Meet the men giving up on women". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-30. As a result of these views, such men are making what they see as logical, factual and cost-benefit-based decisions about women, dating and sex — and their brutally stark conclusion is that it’s simply not worth the risk, expense or effort.
6. Nicholson, Jeremy (April 3, 2012). "Why Are Men Frustrated With Dating?". psychologytoday.com. Psychology Today. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
7. Hymowitz, Kay (2011-02-27). "Why Are Men So Angry?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
8. Love, Dylan (2013-09-15). "Inside Red Pill, The Weird New Cult For Men Who Don't Understand Women". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
9. Daubney, Martin (2015-11-24). "George Lawlor's story shows how universities have become hostile towards men". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
10. "Finalmente soli". La Repubblica (in Italian). 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-02-08. Dentro c’è di tutto: “erbivori” (nel senso di per nulla carnali) stile giapponese, ..." (Translated: "Among [the MGTOW] there are all sorts of things: "herbivores" (meaning: no carnal relations) of the Japanese type, ...
11. "Moterų minčių apie „tikrus vyrus“ forumuose prisiskaitęs vaikinas: vyrai, susimąstykite". DELFI (in Lithuanian). 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2016-01-13.