Bachelorhood as a fine art (1900)
In the year 1900 a burgeoning bachelor subculture was thriving in America, and a magazine entitled The Bachelor Book circulated for that audience. Here’s a sample article, Bachelorhood As a Fine Art.
MGTOW
A Handshake in Passing
AVFM Director of Collegiate Activism extends an acknowledgement and a welcome to mgtow.com, a recent addition to internet resources for men who choose a different path in life than what is chosen for them by others.
Black Man, Save Yourself
Anyone who thinks the issues we make noise about are “white” issues needs to wake up. The Straight Shooter tells it like it is.
Men Going Their Own Way: A growing phenomenon whether you like it or not
MGTOW, Men Going Their Own Way, are increasingly prevalent in our culture. Some are not even aware of what MGTOW is, but are MGTOW by default. The “scary” part? The fact that an increasing number are aware of exactly why they’re doing it.
The Wisdom of Odysseus
The Ancient Greek story The Odyssey describes a man attempting to go his own way while enduring temptation by the Sirens, those femme fatales who pull men away from their chosen paths and into inevitable destruction. Our hero Odysseus shows that with awareness and skill, we can sail right past the temptresses and on to our chosen destination.
MGTOW and women’s adult agency
In a world where women are assumed to have little agency, and men much agency, there is a danger that if something goes wrong the man will get the blame. John Hembling proposes that before interacting, men should ask women to sign a ledger admitting to full and equal self-agency in their exchanges.
Subverting MGTOW
Marriage and Men Going Their Own Way compatible? Maybe some people could have thought that years ago, but at this point, argues John Hembling, the two are mutually exclusive concepts–and for good reason.
MGTOW Forums Pulls the Plug
We could say a lot of things about how MGTOW Forums went out with a whimper because the wrong person with the wrong ideas was running the show. Better that you hear it from him, though.
Everything is wrong with MGTOW
According to gynocentric social conventions MGTOW is an affront to the smooth functioning of today’s society. John Hembling showcases some of the more common arguments made against men going their own way, which he says amounts to the same old shame-sandwich that MGTOW men are rightly rejecting.
The Princess and the Plow Horse
If there was ever a better allegory for understanding Men Going Their Own Way, and men’s refusal to “man up” and provide, we don’t think a better one’s been done than this.
