“On the other hand I do understand why the MGTOW movement is gaining adherents, particularly among the children of divorce.”
Me, too. But there’s a stink of cowardice among the I REFUSE TO BE HURT BY EVIL WOMEN bravado. I read some of the MGTOW stuff and puzzle. These are heterosexuals, right? They talk like celibates, which is very odd for all but a tiny handful of men. If they do want sex, it’s hard to imagine how they could even enjoy it with the women they hold such contempt for. Seriously, they sound like they don’t even LIKE women anymore. I find that creepy.
BF - Weekend Doritos-and-humus literary entertainment sessions
Is it cowardice though?
The divorce courts are heavily stacked against the man (there's no jury), as are the enforcement of laws (ex: domestic abuse), thus the costs of "being wrong" about a woman are exceedingly high... and there could be a lot of humility there by saying (1) I'm not the best judge of people, and (2) women are especially dangerous to to judgment/discernment because of my sex-drive.
The stakes are very high, and maybe they view the odds as bad for getting a winner: certainly not a terrible assumption when you consider how much time and energy is used in education and society to pump feminism into women's heads. (See the Misandry in the Media series.)
maybe they have reached a certain age, where sex is not the driving motivation for everything they do. Intellectually missing the passion - but can survive on the happiness that children and interests bring. having sex every day is not the same as having sex that really means something for both partners - it can seem that way for married couples as the passion for each other fades away.
No creepier than the women who feel the same way about men based on their past experiences.
Besides that is where they are today. I would not make the asumption they are going to feel,the same way forever in the future. People take time to heal. Ie my folks divorced in ‘81 but they were back to friendly terms in about 7 years.
“Seriously, they sound like they don’t even LIKE women anymore.”
Why should they? They’re human beings. Sure, they are genetically programmed to like women, but if one suffers enough abuse, a human can learn to override any kind of genetic programming that we find counterproductive. The fact that masses of men are doing just that should give people a clue to just how badly women must have been treating them.