Male Sovereignty part 1: What Not To do and Who Not To Be - White Knight

Female Influences - White Knights

written for Going Your Own Way forum

Let us first examine and define what White Knights or Traditionalists are. According to The Society of Phineas (2012), white knights are men who view themselves as chivalrous heroes saving damsels in distress. Edmund Burke wrote this regarding Chivalry

“I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to sex and rank, that proud submission that dignified obedience.”

Proud Submission and Dignified Obedience.

To whom do men owe this proud submission and dignified obedience to? In medieval times, you owe this to god, country and women but by the Victorian era, Chivalry became synonymous with everyday gentlemanly behaviour (Gosden, 2011) Chivalry today, is proudly submitting yourself and giving your dignified obedience to women, all women, just because they are women. Unfortunately, Chivalry is not dead; no thanks by and large to the Chivalrous tenet of Courtly Love, which is a medieval European term to describe a lover idealizing his beloved lady and spoke to her or about her in the exalted language usually reserved for a deity (Moore, 1979: 622).

Nobel Prize Winner Gaston Paris described that in Courtly Love, the woman is elevated, haughty, and even disdainful. The man must earn his lady’s affection by undergoing many tests of his prowess, valour and devotion. Courtly Love is the white knight’s idolization of his lady and he willingly sacrifices his time, resources and effort in order to win her affections. Feminists often yap that chivalry implies that women are weak but in reality, the Traditionalists’ code of chivalry gives women immense power by elevating her to idol status. Because of Chivalry, the woman is always seen as never in the wrong, never to be punished, never accountable for her misdeed, worthy of worship and be paid tribute in cash, cars, house and whatever else pleases her.

Chivalry is proudly submitting yourself in servitude to women whom you regard as heavenly and treat with dignified obedience.

How is this behavior bad? Well, let us flip the gender and then view this in a very modern context. If women gave proud submission and dignified obedience to a man, sees herself as inferior to this man while he is elevated, haughty, disdainful, and then she tries to earn this man’s affection by undergoing many tests of her prowess, devotion and valor; what do we call this?

We call it the Manson Family.

Charles Manson and his followers – called the ‘Family’ – which included a small hard-core unit of impressionable young girls, became infamous serial killers in the late 1960s. Manson gathered a group of his most loyal Family followers to carry out a spree of murders in Hollywood including seven months pregnant actress Sharon Tate as well as Leno and Rosemary LaBianca (Bio, 2014).

Some might say that comparing a normal person’s family life to Charles Manson’s is a stretch but that is not the point. The point is that the White Knights and Traditionalists display the same varying degrees of devotion to their women – be it family members or lovers – as the Manson girls do to their man. Some will then say that what Charles Manson did was manipulating his followers. I respond by saying that Traditional Values are no different because it manipulates us into adhering to tradition even when it harms the individual man.

This is because just like Psychological Manipulation, Traditional Values such as Chivalry are social influences that are used to alter the perception of others through underhanded, deceptive and abusive tactics such as shaming and guilt language. The traditional values purported by society are no different from the methods that cult leaders used to brainwash their supporters.

Both White Knights and the Manson Family displayed the same Proud Submission and Dignified Obedience to the person that they gave their Courtly Love to.

Harvard Professor Robert Jay Lifton stated that there are 3 characteristics of a cult.

antidestenimovement (2012)

·         The person becomes worshipped rather than the principles – the man loves his wife, mother, whoever and slaves himself all day to earn her/their love.

·         Systematic indoctrination with a great focus on confession and self-criticism – shaming and guilt rhetoric as well as societal expectations like ‘man up’ to control men.

·         Heavy exploitation from above and that exploitation tend to be economic and sexual – government taking the role of fathers, forced fatherhood, paternity fraud, alimony, and child support as well as rape hysteria and sexual objectification.

Don’t believe me?

JeremyMarriedGuy (2009)

An argument can be made however, that manipulation and social influence are not all negative and in fact it can be used for good. Doctor Leon F. Seltzer (2013) stated that this contrivance if not intended for personal gain and is strategically designed to turn antagonism and resistance into cooperation and resolution, can be a good thing where the motive is not to bend others to your will but to bypass stubbornness and illogical defenses.

Seltzer gave an example of giving an “inspired fabrication” to motivate a colleague from work to seek therapy to help him deal with his problems that is affecting his working life before he is made redundant. Despite the obvious unethical connotation, Seltzer has a point and that is if it works and if it saves lives, then why not. However, Traditional Values is not positive manipulation because traditions and values are not for the benefit of the man, but for the benefit of women and society.

Traditional Values such as Chivalry is the Exploitation of men and we as Men Going Their Own Way recognize this exploitation and refuse to participate in it. BeijaFlor (2014) commented

I think that, more than anything, the "redpill" perspective, the "redpill" understanding, reveals to us that we never had "what we've lost." It's all about seeing through the illusion ... It's a perspective where you see, unmistakably, that you can spend your time, resources, and life "being a dick, chasing cunts" or "being Your Own Man, pursuing Your Own Dreams."

As Men Going Their Own Way, we encourage rational and critical thought and learning. We do not simply and blindly adhere to social norms simply because it is tradition. Our actions must be justified with reason and evidence for the betterment of the self and those who share our way of life. If we see a wrong, we speak out and oppose that wrong even in the face of overwhelming public opinion, for we are right in what we say and we have evidence to support it.

Reference:

antidestenimovement (2012) 3 Cult Characteristics. [online video] Sep 6, 2012 available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjSnYhtVfb4 [accessed Mar 22, 2014]

Bio (2014). Charles Manson [online] available at The Biography Channel  http://www.biography.com/people/charles-manson-9397912 [accessed 08:32, Mar 22, 2014]

Gosden, E (2011) Chivalry explained: from knights honor to women’s lib. [online] Jun 15, 2011 available at The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8576246/Chivalry-explained-from-knights-of-honour-to-womens-lib.html [Mar 20, 2014]

JeremyMarriedGuy (2009) Mark Driscoll Screaming How Dare You. [online video] Apr 8, 2009 available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkaeAkJO0w8 [accessed Mar 22, 2014]

Moore, JC (1979) Courtly Love: A Problem of Terminology. Journal of Historical ideas, vol 40, no. 4, John Hopkins University Press pp. 621-632

The Society of Phineas (2012) Defining White Knights and Mangina. [online] Dec 1, 2012 available at The Society of Phineas https://societyofphineas.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/defining-white-knights-and-manginas/ [accessed Mar 20, 2014]

Male Sovereignty part 1: What Not To Do and Who Not To Be - Mangina

Female Influences: Mangina

written for Going Your Own Way forum

Fidelbogen (2012) described Mangina as a Male Traitor, someone who betrays men or general maleness due to self-loathing and servility towards women. I illustrated this by claiming that Mangina are the Evil Queen’s Henchmen and that is exactly what they are; faithful followers or political supporters.

The Mangina is the minion, subordinate and sidekick of women.

This treason towards maleness manifests itself through misandry towards his fellow man and seeking the validation of women. He has completely resigned his self-will, self-determination and self-respect as he arranges himself to be dominated by females in a master and slave relationship (The Society of Phineas 2012). This is the main difference between Mangina and White Knight. The Mangina wants to be part of the sisterhood either physically or ideologically by whichever way he can even though it is apparent that he cannot. He complies anyway like the Henchman he is even if he knows the Queen sees him only as a tool.

And just like a follower, the Mangina blindly adheres to the beliefs and principles upheld by women i.e. they believe in the idea that women are better than them. Hence, the Mangina is typically a male feminist.  Alfred Jeanroy aptly described this as “the attitude of the devotee in ecstasy before the Madonna” (Moore, 1979: 623).  So, if the White Knight is Chivalrous, then the Mangina is Zealous.

What the Mangina has is a fanaticism for the idea of female superiority and female supremacy.

Here is an example of a Mangina;

Karen Straughan (2012)

In Vancouver 2012 JohntheOther had express permission to put up posters in a construction site (Aslam, S 2012). John went to put up the posters again and was confronted by some individuals who tore the posters down. Among the things that these individuals said was that John interfering with them tearing down his posters is violating their Free Speech while censorship is not violating Free Speech as well as accusing John – a man – of using emotional argument as sexism.

In Straughan’s own words, “we are dealing with people who are completely – completely - irrational and fucked in the head.” The mindset of a Mangina is not quite the same like a White Knight. The level of indoctrination a Mangina has is akin to the Medieval Inquisition in their quest to curb and penalize heresy or beliefs or theories that are strongly differ with the established beliefs or customs. The 1578 edition of Directorium Inquisitorum, the handbook for inquisitors stated the purpose of administering inquisitorial punishments

“… for punishment does not take place primarily and per se for the correction and good of the person punished but for the public good in order that others may be terrified and weaned away from the evils they would commit.”

While seemingly good, the means that the Inquisition used to justify the end is ethically and morally questionable. This resulted in intolerance for whatever that could not be attributed to the faith, hence the people saw heresy and heretics everywhere. This is the reason why the Church has always had a tenuous relationship with Science – and sometimes art as well - because science explores and discovers evidences that oppose the long-standing and incorrect doctrine upheld by the Church.

Galileo Galilei was confined to house-arrest for the remainder of his life by the Roman Inquisition in 1633 when he published his seminal works on Heliocentrism, that the earth was not in fact the center of the universe as alleged by the Church. Michelangelo works were too viewed with the suspicion of heresy (Stokes, 1955: 39). This intolerance is what led to St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572, with Roman Catholic mob violence against the Protestant Huguenots during the French War of Religions.

In our context, the Mangina combats the formal denial or doubt of the female doctrine also known as Feminism. And this sums up the mentality of the Mangina as the staunch henchmen of women; the end goal is to make society accept and adhere to women’s ideals regardless of means, regardless of right or wrong.  And when they see an act of defiance against women, they quickly gather their members and dispense their punishment, even if the very people who oppose them are women.

Humanity Bites (2014)

Erin Pizzey, a researcher on Domestic Violence against men and women was forced into exile from her home in Britain when she and her family received threats of death from Feminists when she revealed the pervasiveness of domestic violence by women.

Where else can we see other examples of mob violence and ‘zealous much’? Between November 23^rd to 25^th of 2013, 7,000 lesbians, feminists and pro-abortionists assaulted 1,500 persons who protected the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista (Donnelly, 2013).

Steve Jalsevac (2013)

Okay, those are women but what about examples of Mangina Mentality? Here is Nicola Foti

soundlyawake (2012)

Now please don’t go raving on his channel; this man has a right to his opinion. What I want to do is to highlight the indoctrination that this man has suffered from Feminism. I mean really, his whole video is basically a response to being insulted by getting called a girl. Firstly, all men get insulted; if you are not a girl, you are stupid, you are lame, a simp, a hipster, a fucktard and etcetera. Secondly, why does Nick take so much offense at being called a girl unless he himself believes that being a girl is not good? My point is, getting insults and taunts is not an exclusively a gay problem; all men get insulted for different things and as men we learned to take it in stride.

Nick then talked about women being inferior to men because boys cannot be ballet dancers, girls cannot be firefighters, and that pink is not a manly color and transgender people are discriminated. Really, these are problems of culture and traditionalism and not strictly gender roles but poor Nick has conflated Gay Rights with Women’s Rights when his entire video has nothing to do with Women’s Rights or Feminism. This is the ideological battle we are up against, but how did our boys ended up this way?

Academics from University of Georgia and Colombia published a study which shows ‘gender disparities in teaching grade start early and uniformly favor girls’ and ‘even report evidence of a grade bonus for boys with test scores and behavior like their girl counterparts’ (Weeks 2013). From the data analyzed in 5,800 elementary school students, it has been found that girls only truly out-perform boys in “non-cognitive approaches to learning” but otherwise, boys do better than girls in mathematics, reading and science examinations.

Our sons are being sidelined by the feminized education system and academia which has brought upon us this new Dark Age where critical and rational thinking, cognitive-based learning as well as enlightenment is abhorred and abandoned.

Our member COSTPI (2014), brilliantly illustrated this when he posted his experience,

(Sandra) Harding's article was about men "taking over" science and making nature about men instead of women. One of her examples was the shift from geocentric to heliocentric theory. Apparently the sun represented masculine qualities such as its large mass, "aggressive" characteristics, and the fact that Helios was a masculine god and apparently the earth represented femininity because we think of the earth as beautiful but constantly changing due to climate. To her, the paradigm shift between these two theories, metaphorically represented men trying to be the center while manipulating women to revolve around them. That's not all. This is also coincidentally the same article where she called Newton's Principia a "Rape Manual" without giving a reason or a premise to that conclusion. When questioned about it later she said "Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica is a 'rape manual' because 'science is a male rape of female nature'." As you can imagine, I had difficulty remaining politically correct in the classroom but I will address that later.

I have said it before, women are insane and infantile.

Hence, we men going our own way have taken the stance to defy any further attempts to corrupt our society. We look into learn from the decline of the Rome and Sparta and we see history repeating itself. We fight the feminist occupation of the male spaces and their further debauchery to desecrate our minds; the very thing that advanced society and civilization in the first place. We recognize that adhering to feminist beliefs and principals, means we degrade ourselves from fully functional human doing to a retarded and debased human being. Therefore, we reject the Mangina, and what stand for and we are certain that we are in the right through reasoning and logic.

Reference:

Aslam, S (2012) Posters in Support of Men’s Rights Ripped Down in Vancouver. [online] Sep 7, 2012 available at News1130 http://www.news1130.com/2012/09/07/posters-in-support-of-mens-rights-ripped-down-in-vancouver/ [accessed Apr 2, 2014]

Donnelly, DC (2013) 1500 Catholic heroes form a human shield to protect the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista from 7,000 demoniacs. [online] Dec 2, 2013 available at Protect the Pope http://protectthepope.com/?p=9321 [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Fidelbogen (2012) The Notorious ‘M’ Word Mangina. [online] June 18, 2012 available at The Counter Feminist http://counterfem.blogspot.com/2012/06/notorious-m-word-mangina.html [accessed Mar 22, 2014]

Humanity Bites (2014)Erin Pizzey on Feminism. [online video] Jan 20, 2014 available at youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAgYsvykEb8 [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Moore, JC (1979) Courtly Love: A Problem of Terminology. Journal of Historical ideas, vol 40, no. 4, John Hopkins University Press pp. 621-632

Soundlyawake (2012) I’m a Feminist because… [online video] Jun 9, 2012 available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX3w4leth9I [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Steve Jalvesac (2013) Feminists Attack Argentinian Cathedral. [online video] Dec 2, 2013 available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCD_T9Qqpc [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Straughan, K (2012) The Great Poster Tear-Down Extravaganza. [online video] Sep 10, 2012 available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jz63_lGuSE [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

The Society of Phineas (2012) Defining White Knights and Mangina. [online] Dec 1, 2012 available at The Society of Phineas https://societyofphineas.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/defining-white-knights-and-manginas/ [accessed Mar 20, 2014]

Weeks, M (2013) New UGA research helps explain why girls do better in school. [online] Jan 2, 2013 available at UGA Today http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/why-girls-do-better-in-school-010212/ [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Male Sovereignty part 1: The Fall of Western Civilization

Female Influences: Women and the Fall of Western Civilizations
written for Going Your Own Way forum

Romans and the Decadence of the Empire 1847 - Thomas Couture

We can learn much from women and their influences by looking at the decline of past empires. During the 1^st and 4^th century CE, the Roman Empire went through a decline marked by the loss of moral and ethical values as well as the rise of the female influence. During these times, women took eagerly to wealth and supports of beauty that they could now possess; cosmetics became a necessity and caustic soap from Gaul were imported to turn grey hair into auburn. Women were free to control their dowries and divorce their husbands or poisoned them (Durant, 1944: 89-90). Price (2013) commented this history in his article When the Romans Tried to save Marriage where he writes, “by the end of the Republic Rome was not all that different from the contemporary US. Men were loath to marry, all manner of licentiousness prevailed, and the fertility rate was abysmally low.”

But Rome was not the only time or place that this has happened; the great philosopher Aristotle wrote in his book Politics regarding Sparta;

…for the lawgiver wishing the whole city to be of strong character displays his intention clearly in relation to the men, but in the case of the women has entirely neglected the matter; for they live dissolutely in respect of every sort of dissoluteness, and luxuriously. So that the inevitable result is that in a state thus constituted wealth is held in honor, especially if it is the case that the people are under the sway of their women…

…Hence this characteristic existed among the Spartans, and in the time of their empire many things were controlled by the women; yet what difference does it make whether the women rule or the rulers are ruled by the women? The result is the same. And although bravery is of service for none of the regular duties of life, but if at all, in war, even in this respect the Spartans' women were most harmful; and they showed this at the time of the Theban invasion, for they rendered no useful service, as the women do in other states, while they caused more confusion than the enemy…

What we see here are historical accounts that suggest the fall of a civilization come about during the time when women were in power and behaved in a licentious manner. And we see this happening today with women and Feminism.

Women built the Patriarchy, if there was such a thing. How? They rely on men either directly through marriage, or by proxy through the government. The government is their protector and provider, who uphold the traditional values of chivalry and gallantry, encouraged by women. Women built this Patriarchy because it suited for their survival; why not let men face the dangers of the world while women simply sat comfortably and safely in their homes? This parasitical relationship worked wonders until women saw that it restricted them from their pleasures.

We see this in ancient Rome where Roman women successfully repealed the Oppian Law. The law prohibits women from buying luxury items such as jewellery and expensive clothes hence the women poured into the forum and convinced their male relatives to vote in favour of the repeal. Marcus Porcius Cato laments at the behaviour of women (Bryan, 1906);

We, it seems, suffer them, now, to interfere in the management of State affairs, and to thrust themselves into the forum, into general assemblies, and into assemblies of election: for what are they doing at this moment in your streets and lanes? What, but arguing, some in support of the motion of tribunes; others contending for the repeal of the law?

Will you give the reins to their intractable nature, and then expect that themselves should set bounds to their licentiousness, and without your interference? For they long not for liberty, but for unbounded freedom in every particular. Suffer them once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.

But, indeed, they only object to any new law being made against them; they mean to deprecate, not justice, but severity. Nay, their wish is that a law which you have admitted, established by your suffrages, and found in the practise and experience of so many years to be beneficial, should now be repealed; and that by abolishing one law you should weaken all the rest.

Roman women, having seen that the Patriarchy no longer suited them, sought to abolish it by using their influence on their men and we see the same thing happening today; it is called Feminism. All the modern laws that were constructed to protect and provide women food, shelter and comfort are now seen as obstacles to their desires and they now seek to abolish it through Feminism. Feminism was not born from Marxism or from lesbians; Feminism is inherent female nature and they continue sway back and forth from Feminism and Patriarchy until civilization declines and falls.

This illustrates the relationship between White Knights, Manginae and the women who use them. Traditionalism that was built by women, instituted as the government to protect and provide for them, is deemed as Patriarchy and oppressive. Feminism which is women’s own perverse nature politicized, permeating with misandry and gynocentrism, that forced accountability and obligation on them, is now deemed as evil and wrong. And the White Knights and the Manginae, who dutifully serve women’s desires and are slaves to women’s desires, too stupid to see that they are enabling women’s licentiousness, are causing society’s great decline once again.

Everything that women did, their influence only served them and it always brought ruin; that is why we do not want to serve women’s desires and we do not want to be slaves to women’s desires.

We see that Traditionalism and White Knighting that is encouraged by women and enforced by the government is what gave rise to the perceived ‘patriarchy’ hence we need to reject and abandon traditional values that confined us in gender roles that made fools and tools of men. And we also see that blindly following and adhering to Feminists beliefs, disseminated via the feminized education system that promote non-cognitive learning, upheld and perpetuated by misandric feminist educators, consequently brought about the decline in critical and rational thinking so crucial to the prosperity and progress of humankind.

We know that Sparta fell not only because Spartan women were depraved but the men were stupid and let their wives run rampant with their debauchery. We also see parallels of this in Rome and in our modern day society, that when men lose their critical and rational thinking and permitted the women to indulge in their decadence, civilization with see a decline and fall. But a greater lesson here is that as Men Going Their Own Way, we do not want to end up like the Feminist Movement i.e. we do not want our hate and anger consume us to the extent that we become misogynist and sexist that will lead to oppression where we become as depraved and as degenerate as women.

We must let go of the hate or we suffer becoming the likes of the Feminist Movement.

We do not hate women; we are angry that they refuse to change and we are most of all disappointed. We are disappointed that women have not evolved into more than just animal with based desires. While men continue to push forward, we are constantly held and pulled back by women who want nothing more than to wallow in their own depravity, and their hate towards us men. We point this out so that others do not follow women’s example; so that we Men Going Their Own Way do not become like them.

We must let go of our hatred and anger, we must cast away that proud submission and dignified obedience, we must return to cognitive-based learning and above all, we must rise from our based instincts and instead, desire and aspire to the critical and rational being that made us so evolved a species, so advanced a civilization that we have ventured outside the planetary atmosphere and touched our closest celestial body. This achievement was not born out of hate but from cautious optimism driven by noble ambition to be much more than what we are now.

We can be those things again. 

Reference:

Aristotle (n.d.) Politics [online] not dated available at Perseus Online Library http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0086,035:2:1269b [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Bryan, WJ (1906) In Support of Oppian Law: Cato the Censor. The World’s Famous Oration, 1906 [online] available at Bartleby’s http://www.bartleby.com/268/2/3.html [accessed Apr 2, 2014]

Durant, W (1944) Caesar and Christ. The Story of Civilization, vol 3, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980 pp. 89 - 90

Price, WF (2013) When the Romans tried to save marriage. [online] Feb 24, 2013 available at The Spearhead http://www.the-spearhead.com/2013/02/24/when-the-romans-tried-to-save-marriage/ [accessed Mar 26, 2014]

Male Sovereignty part 2: What Can I Do and Who Can I Be

Male Influences - What Can I do and Who Can I Be

written for Going Your Own Way forum

Now that we have answered the question “what do we not want to do and who do we not want to be,” we are informed, at least, of the direction that we do not want take. Our next question then becomes;

“What can I do and who can I be?”

This question is not meant as a directive but as a starting point to consider the options that is available to us. It addresses your own interests; what do I like to do, am I good at it, is there anyone who has done it before, what was that person like, can I do what he did, can I be like him, can I do better and can I be better?

These are good questions to ask yourself and I’ll be honest, they are fun questions because now we get to let our imagination fly. History and fiction has a wealth of resources for us to discern and dissect and we just need to look at them with critical and rational thought as well as creativity and open-mindedness.

I have chosen a few figures that I believe is worth considering. I chose these men because of their contribution towards mankind and the awesome legacy that they leave behind to see whether we can learn from their example. I also wanted to examine their personal lives and see if we can discern anything important from them.

And I encourage everyone to look for someone they admire and analyse them. I know Jagrmeister admires Steve Jobs and I think that is a worthy person to consider as well.

Male Influences: Isaac Newton

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton 1689 – Godfrey Kneller

No one exemplifies MGTOW philosophy more than the esteemed Sir Isaac Newton. Born January 4, 1643 in Woolthorpe, England, Isaac Newton is credited as one of the great minds of the 17^th scientific revolution discovering optics, motion and mathematics. His most acclaimed work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy or more commonly known as Principia, has been called the single most influential book on physics. Newton was a heretic (Snobelen, 2000) holding views that is does not conform to religious orthodoxy. He wrote textual criticism, most notably An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture published after his death in 1754 which he blames the Roman Church for many abuses in the world as well as committing pious frauds.

Newton had a troubled early life; his father died 3 months before he was born. His mother, Hannah Ayscough remarried a Reverend named Barnabus Smith and abandoned Newton to the care of his maternal grandmother Margery Ayscough. Widowed a second time Hannah attempted to turn her son into a farmer for which Newton hated. Understandably, Newton was psychologically scarred by this; suffering from depression as well as temperamental outbursts (The Newton Project 2014). It has been suggested that he might have suffered from Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia or Asperger’s Syndrome (Benjamin, 2012). Whatever it may be, it was certain that Newton was a difficult man (Pomeroy, 2013).

A more important observation is how the female influence corrupts the son to the point that he carries psychological trauma for the rest of his life. Newton, effectively being abandoned by his mother to the care of his grandmother, grew up not having many friends and unable to connect with people. He was said to be petty and vindictive as well as being paranoid. One wonders if Newton was raised by a father instead of his mother or grandmother, would he have turned out differently? In the following examples I will illustrate different historical figures and how male influences have affected their personal lives.

It only goes to show that Newton, like any other man, was not without his faults but much like Stephen Hawking who suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Newton did not let his own mental condition limit him. We look up to Newton for his everlasting legacy on physics as well as his own humanness that he struggled with. In fact, despite him being a difficult person, despite him being unmarried and disinterested in women, despite him having a being abandoned by his mother, he was still able to overcome all of this personal tragedies and become one of the greatest minds in science.

His only passion as he stated, "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

Male Influences: Johann Sebastian Bach

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach 1746 – E.G. Haussmann

“Not Brook but Ocean should be his name.”

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bach is German for Brook

Born on March 21, 1685, Bach is a musical giant; his technical abilities and musical vision is respected throughout Europe during his lifetime. Today, he is widely regarded as among the greatest composers ever. Tim Blanning (2008: 272) claimed that Bach was the greatest master of harmony and counterpoint, calling him the ‘Homer of Music.’ Among his admirers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelsohn.

Bach’s contribution to music is comparable to William Shakespeare’s contribution to literature and Isaac Newton’s contribution to physics. His music was featured 3 times in the Voyager Golden Record, a phonograph record sent to outer space with the Voyager spacecraft in the 1970s. Biologist and author Lewis Thomas remarked about what he would want to send into outer space, “I would send the complete works of Bach… but that would be boasting” (Gordon, 2000).  

Little personal correspondence has survived to provide a full picture of Bach as a person. Bach was orphaned when he was 10 years old where he was then taken in by his uncle. Bach was raised religiously and he was a devout Lutheran; Raymond Erickson (2014), author of ‘The Worlds of Johann Sebastian Bach’ remarked that Bach saw everything that he did as a composer and musician as an act of prayer. Bach married twice and also loved children, having fathered 20 children but only 9 of them survived him.

It is not correct to assume that religion and traditionalism played a major role in determining the healthy upbringing of Bach or even Newton. Both Bach and Newton believed in God even though Newton held unorthodox beliefs. Both of them held that same sense of spirituality that influenced their works. The main difference here then is their upbringing. Being raised by women, Newton grew up psychologically traumatised and not wanting to share his life with women or anyone while Bach, being raised by men, managed to marry twice and fathered many children.

The contrast between Newton and Bach is telling as it illustrates the importance of father figures in a son’s development as a man. Newton was effectively abandoned by his mother and was raised by women without the presence of a man. He still succeeded in attaining greatness but at a great psychological cost. At the other end of the spectrum, Bach raised by his father and uncle and he succeeded in producing greatness while having a normal life suited to that culture and era.

Male Influences: Miyamoto Musashi

Woodblock print of Miyamoto Musashi c. 1840 – Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Born in 1584, Musashi as he is simply known is a Japanese swordsmen and ronin (masterless samurai) who was famed for his swordsmanship and his many duels even from a young age. He developed and founded the Two-Sword Style of swordsmanship and authored The Book of Five Rings, a book on strategy, tactics and philosophy that is still read today as well as the The Way of Walking Alone which is a guide to self-discipline for future generations.

Even at an early age, Musashi was instilled with two things that would sculpt his path in life. His father Shinmen Munisai - an accomplished samurai - taught Musashi swordsmanship. He then was taken in by his uncle - a monk - at the age of 7 who taught him Buddhism as well as reading and writing. He would later spend many years studying Buddhism and swordsmanship during his warrior’s pilgrimage, developing ideas and philosophy which he would later expound through his book, The Book of Five Rings.

Musashi states that his first duel at the age of 13 where he successfully defeated a samurai named Arima Kihei (Wilson, 2004: 12). At age 21, he travelled to Kyoto where he challenged the prestigious Yoshioka School whose sword-style was one of the 8 major styles in Kyoto and had been the instructors of the Ashikaga Family for 4 generations. Musashi defeated 3 of the Yoshioka family heads and ended that branch of the school.

Perhaps his most famous duel, steeped in myth and legend, was his battle with Sasaki Kojiro who was known then as the ‘Demon from the Western Provinces.’ One version of the account stated that Musashi, around 30 years old, defeated Kojiro in a swift duel, dealing a single blow to the skull using a wooden sword he carved from an oar. It is a widely held belief that Musashi has fought over 60 battles; undefeated.

Musashi never married but adopted sons - Mikinosuke and Iori - both of which became samurai. He began extensively practicing arts at the age of 49 and became an accomplished artist; Musashi made several Zen brush paintings including the Shrike Perched on a Dead Tree as well as sculptures made out of wood. Musashi believed that being a rounded person made a better strategist, stating “There are five ways in which men passed through life; as gentlemen, warriors, farmers, artisans and merchants.”

We can draw interesting comparisons between Musashi, Bach and Newton. Musashi’s mother died shortly after he was born and so like Bach, Musashi was raised by male influence. And like Newton, Musashi did not lead a strictly traditional life; he was a masterless warrior vagabond looking for a fight for the purpose of honing his craft. Like Newton, he never married and was not strictly adhering to Buddhism but like Bach, Musashi raised successful children and used religion as a basis for many of his philosophy and work.

What we can learn here is that the male influence is a positive influence and not at all what is described by Feminists today. We see that with male influences, children will grow to be a more balance and healthy adult compared to female influences which results in the child developing psychological disorder.

Male Influences: Zheng He

Statue of Admiral Zheng He in Borneo

Before there was Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, there was Admiral Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty. Born 1371, Zheng He (also pronounced Cheng Ho) is one of the most interesting figures as well as the greatest seafarer in Chinese history (Viviano 2005). He was born a Muslim and helped promoted the faith in China. He was the descendant of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a Persian who served the Mongol Empire and was the Governor of Yunnan. Zheng He was castrated when he was 10 years old, made to serve and rose to become a trusted advisor to Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan.

As admiral, Zheng He commanded an unprecedented fleet of 300 ships with 27,800 men that included sailors, doctors, clerks, officers and artisans that visited 37 countries from Vietnam to Africa from 1405 to 1433 (China Daily 2005). He went on 7 voyages, with the intent to display the splendour and strength of the Ming Dynasty, not to conquer or crusade Chinese religions (Vega 2011). The Vice Minister of Communications of the People’s Republic of China Xu Zu-yuan stated, 

"These were friendly diplomatic activities. During the overall course of the seven voyages to the Western Ocean, Zheng He did not occupy a single piece of land, establish any fortress or seize any wealth from other countries. In the commercial and trade activities, he adopted the practice of giving more than he received, and thus he was welcomed and lauded by the people of the various countries along his routes."

As a result, Zheng He introduced numerous elements of Chinese culture throughout South East Asia, South Asia and the east coast of Africa which include Confucian ritual and beliefs, standardized calendars, weights and measurements, agriculture, navigation, construction and medicine that promoted economic and cultural change (China Culture 2005). However, being a eunuch did not make Zhang He submissive; records stated that he “walked like a tiger,” was a tall and imposing figure, had a strong loud voice and never avoided battle. His first voyage in 1405 was to capture and execute pirate Chen Zuyi terrorizing the islands of Indonesia in a battle in which 5,000 died and 10 ships burned. Zheng He was undoubtedly and thoroughly a man despite literally the loss of his balls.

Now let us compare Zheng He with the rest. You would think that being castrated would cause a lasting psychological trauma to a boy but such is not the case when we look at Admiral Zheng He. Indeed I have no doubt that being deprived of your testicles would be traumatic but Zheng He managed to overcome this personal tragedy and grow to be a psychologically fit man. If we compare Zheng He and Newton who also suffered psychological scars, we notice that the difference between the two is the male influence present in their lives. Zheng He was taken in by Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, who was 11 years older and nurtured Zheng He and rewarded him for his accomplishments. The male influence is crucial to a growing boy’s psychological maturity.

We can also see that with Newton, Musashi and Zheng He held different religious beliefs but they did not blindly adhere to their faiths. Newton heavily criticized the Roman Church but he believed in god and viewed his work as a way of understanding god’s creation. Musashi remarked in The Book of Five Rings, “There are many ways; Confucianism, Buddhism, the ways of elegance, rice-planting or dance; these are not to be found in the way of the warrior,” as well as this in The Way of Walking Alone, “Do not act following customary beliefs.” Zheng he was not a strict Muslim and was open to Confucianism and Buddhism, having served inside the palace where he understood many faiths and became a skilled diplomat to 37 countries.

Newton, Musashi and Zheng He are critical thinking men, able to discern between good and bad, applying the former and rejecting the latter. They did not serve in the interests of women rather they serve their own and that of their fellow men. All four of them – Newton, Bach, Musashi and Zheng He – were passionate in their pursuits and did not let society deter them from it. And while Newton had female influences, Bach, Musashi and Zheng He had male influences and they in turn spread their own male influence – because man is good – to other men. Their influences has an everlasting effect; changing the course of history for the betterment of mankind.

I believe this is the one of the core goals of Men Going Their Own Way and that is to gain good influences from men and to influence good for the betterment of mankind.

But how do we go about influencing good on other men? Not all of us can be Newton, Bach, Musashi or Zheng He after all. Individually we are able to influence small good and this is plenty but there are examples we can learn to influence other men in a monumental way.  

Reference:

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Male Sovereignty part 2: Fraternal Organizations

Male Influences: Fraternal Organizations

written for Going Your Own Way forum

Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild a.k.a. The Sampling Officials 1662 - Rembrandt

GabrielKnight (2014) spoke of men-only clubs such as Fight Club and though he did not mean literally that MGTOW form a Fight Club, the idea is the same in that MGTOW should organize themselves into a fraternity of men, for men, by men. And that is simply what Fraternity is, a brotherhood or more specifically, a society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to intellectual, physical and social development of its members.

Fraternal Organizations developed from medieval guilds. Craftsmen or merchants formed association for mutual aid and protection and for the furtherance of their professional interests. Guilds flourished in Europe between the 11th and 16th centuries and formed an important part of the economic and social fabric in that era. Guilds saw a decline for a number of reasons; among them is that guilds were dependent on friendly government but if government were to turn hostile, members will lose sight of positive guild virtues such as collegiality, of concern for the group, of a higher professional ethic beyond profit and become mere wage slaves (Krausse, 1998).

However, some guilds were able to adapt to social support and philosophical functions focused on brotherly love and ethical living. The 3 oldest and most well-known fraternal organizations are Oddfellows, Foresters and Freemasons. Among the 3, Freemasonry has been viewed with equal amount of derision and deference throughout its controversial history but still boasts many notable figures that include Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Winston Churchill (Goldschein & Johnson, 2011).

What I want to impress upon is the idea of an enduring fraternal organization the likes of Freemasonry and Oddfellows; a society of men that looks after each other. Organizations such as guilds and fraternities excel in spreading male influences. In medieval times, master craftsmen would often take in and taught apprentices their trade and tradesmen also visit each other to share knowledge of their craft. This cultivates brotherhood among men, one that we can appreciate and emulate for Men Going Their Own Way.

We look at Newton, Bach, Musashi and Zheng He and we can see how important male influence is. We also see the importance of pursuing one’s passion, directed by cognitive learning and critical thinking as well as not simply adhering to social norms and customary beliefs. We see that as long as what we do is good, and we strive to be good at it, it will not matter if any other person or society as a whole adore us or abhor us.  In the end, if we enjoy what we do and share the things that we enjoy, our deeds will vindicate us and our good male influence will change the perception of others.

What we can do and who we can be is to enjoy what we do and to share what we enjoy as well as to be affected by good men and to affect good on other men through male influence.

Reference: 

Goldschein, E & Johnson, R (2011) The Most Powerful Freemasons Ever. [online] Sep 15, 2011 available at Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/powerful-masons-2011-9?IR=T&op=1  [accessed Mar 29, 2014]

Krausse, E (1998) Declining Professions: Just Another Way to Make a Living. [online] Mar 12, 1998 http://www.economist.com/node/370941 [accessed Mar 28, 2014]

Male Sovereignty part 3: Who We Are and What We Do

Male Sovereignty part 3: Who We Are and What We do

written for Going Your Own Way forum

In the course of this article, we have come to a few solid conclusions;

Everything that women did, they did for themselves and it failed them all the way; that is why we do not want to serve women’s desires and we do not want to be slaves to women’s desires.

What we can do and who we can be is to enjoy what we do and to share what we enjoy as well as to be affected by good men and to affect good on other men through male influence.

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What we did is basically setting a basic framework for today and for the future. Musashi compared the similarities between warriors and artisans in that they thrive through events, “The carpenter uses a master plan of the building, and the way of strategy is similar in that there is a plan of campaign.” And now we can apply all the things that we have learned to the individual person, you and address the question “what do I want to do and who do I want to be.” We can basically sum up the answer in this;

Men are discoverers and explorers of our world and spaces; this is who we are and what we do.

Discoverers and Explorers

Newton discovered gravity, Bach explored music specifically the beauty and harmony of sound, Musashi discovered his Two-Sword style swordsmanship and explored philosophy, Zheng He explored and discovered new cultures and countries and medieval craftsmen like the stonemasons, discovered and explored techniques of their craft to perfection. We are all discoverers and explorers of our own male spaces whether if it is in our minds or our environment.

We need not be a physicist, composer, warrior or diplomat; there are numerous examples of men pursuing their passion and then able to produce that has a global impact. One small example that I would like highlight is the game Defence of the Ancients or most commonly known as DOTA.

Almost anyone who has ever played Warcraft 3 knows what DOTA is but for those who do not, let me just give you a short historical tour. DOTA is a multiplayer online battle arena mod which was developed from the “World Editor” of Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne. The game is designed by Eul, Steve “Guinsoo” Feak and IceFrog and for the longest time, it was co-developed by the DOTA community – which consisted of men – who contributed ideas and worked on the mechanics of the game. The whole plot of the game is pretty simple; 2 teams consisting of up to 5 players each try to capture the other team’s base.

What is truly amazing is that, DOTA was an underground hit among Warcraft fans around the world and its popularity increased over time. It gained recognition mass appeal, appearing in BlizzCon 2005, Asian World Cyber Games 2005 and Electronic Sports World Cup 2008. Michael Walbridge (2008) from Gamasutra wrote “DOTA is a delight to all who play it: it’s surprisingly addictive and even pastiche, mixing the highs and lows of gaming and gaming culture. DOTA’s quirks, governments, outlaws, and innovation show us that it’s much easier to renovate for the masses when the masses are involved.”

DOTA became the template of a game genre today known as Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) with its most identifiable example League of Legends (LoL) - co-designed by Steve “Guinsoo” Feak - which is the most played video game in North America and Europe in terms of hours played according to Forbes (Gaudiosi 2012). League of Legends has 67 million people playing monthly with 27 people playing daily as of this January and raked in $624 million in revenue in 2013 (Sherr 2014). It is amazing to think that more than a decade ago, DOTA which was an underground hit from a Warcraft 3 Map Editor is now a global game genre that is generating over 600 million dollars.

All because of guys name Eul, Guinsoo and IceFrog who discovered and explored this game.

In contrast, the only contribution that we see women has given the video gaming world is to repeatedly shame gamers and when that did not work they invade the video game world and are currently trying to feminized everything and everyone via Anita Sarkeesian. This illustrates well the difference between the male influence and the female influence; the male influence turned an idea into a worldwide phenomenon while the female influence is to destroy a hard built gaming industry.

Men discover, explore, create and build; women take, consume, dispose and destroy.

But I am digressing, what is important is to note that men are discoverers, explorers, designers and builders. We do things and we make things, even when it is from nothing. As long as we have passion in what we do, we can achieve many great things. And the history of DOTA highlights the great good that comes from male influence; surrounded by people who share the same passion as you do and contributing to that idea will bring about the best of everyone.

DOTA, LoL and MOBA became great because of men; we had an idea, we pursued that idea, we shared our idea with likeminded men, and we had fun designing, creating, building and sharing the result of that idea with everyone. On the whole, this is just a small example of what we men can accomplish together without the interference or influence of women.

What does this all mean to you, the individual? It means that

·         Do not seek approval or of women because it will only lead to your destruction.

·         The female influence is the exploitation you for the benefit of women only and not yours.

·         We need to reject the female influence; whether it is by proxy such as traditionalism or directly like feminism for it does not serve men or humankind and will lead to society’s destruction such as that of Rome and Sparta.

·         To be a man is not to conform blindly to traditional or progressive values but to continually use critical and rational thought such as Galileo and Newton.

·         To be a man is to be discoverers and explorers; the pursuit of our passion and interest without the interference of women and their influence.

·         We need to surround ourselves and spread our own male influences to survive as a species as well as to protect ourselves from female influences.

And so, I end by reiterating these words,

Everything women did, their female influence only served them and it has always brought ruin; that is why we do not want to serve women’s desires and we do not want to be slaves to women’s desires.

What we can do and who we can be is to enjoy what we do and to share what we enjoy as well as to be affected by good men and to affect good on other men through male influence.

Men don’t give a fuck about what other people think as long as he enjoys what he is doing and strives to be the best at what he does

Reference:

Gaudiosi, J (2012) Riot Games’ League of Legends Officially becomes Most Played PC Game in the World.[online] Nov 7, 2012 available at Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/07/11/riot-games-league-of-legends-officially-becomes-most-played-pc-game-in-the-world/ [accessed Apr 1, 2014]

Sherr, I (2014) Player Tally for League of Legends surges [online] Jan 27, 2014 available at Digits http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/27/player-tally-for-league-of-legends-surges/ [accessed Apr 1, 2014]

Walbridge, M (2008) Analysis: Defense of the Ancients. An Underground Revolution. [online] Jun 12, 2008 available at Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18863 [accessed Apr 1, 2014]

Male Sovereignty part 3: Wake Up, Wise Up, Opt Out and Go Your Own Way

Wake Up, Wise Up, Opt Out and Go Your Own Way

written for Going Your Own Way forum 

“We’re a generation of men raised by women; I wonder if another woman is really the answer we need.”

“We are the middle children of history man; no purpose or place. We have no Great War or Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war; our great depression is our lives.”

– Tyler Durden; Fight Club 1999

Awareness isn’t the ability to notice your environment. Awareness is a shift in perception; it is paying mindful attention with wise intention to the world. Too long have our minds been on auto-pilot; we do what our mothers, teachers, lovers, wives, communities, society and government tell us what to do and what is good. We simply abide by them without questioning is it really good and who is it good for; like sheep to the shepherd and cattle to the slaughterhouse.

Mother raised you to be a good son – to her. Teachers taught you to behave properly – in her class. Your lover and wife nag you to do things; to get a job, to buy a big house, a fancy car – because it is good for her life. Community, society and government claim and dictate to you that having a family and status is what a man should do and should be. All these people – the women in your life and society at large – tell you the same thing; that to be a ‘real man’ is to please them.

Women and the community tell their sons that good boys listen to their mothers. Women and teachers taught you that your future relied on you behaving and thinking the way they tell you to. Women and society told you that you should get married and work to pay for that wife and for that society to be an upstanding citizen. They tell you to do all these things for them but they conveniently neglect to ask you what you think a man is and what kind of a man you want to be.

When you want to do things just for yourself, they scold you for being selfish. When you don’t do the things they tell you to, they accuse you of being a loser, immature, to grow up and man-up, that you have an obligation to women and society, to treat them right. To society and women, you’re only a man if you’re able to appeal to women, if you’re able to fulfill their wants and needs, to make them happy.

They are saying to you that your manhood is not what you think it is but whatever they say it is.

Hence, you spend your entire life working towards someone else’s happiness and wondering why you’re unhappy, wondering why you never seem to measure up, wondering why you’re always tired and depressed, wondering why your life is hollow and empty. They don’t want to tell you that your own happiness, your manhood and your life is your freedom of choice.

Awareness is making a shift towards that freedom. It is the understanding that your manhood is determined not by the clothes you wear, not the accessories you own, not the car you drive, not the place you live, not the amount of money you have, not the women that you’re able to attract nor is it the amount you paid for her expenses; it is none of these.

Being a man is about taking back control of your life from what women and society demands of you. Being a man is reclaiming your choice to lead your own life from those who stole that freedom from you. Being a man is to discover and explore your own life, to pursue your own passion, to enjoy doing the things you want to do and to share what you enjoy with others.

The truth is you don’t need any woman to be a man; Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Galileo Galilei, Ludwig van Beethoven, The Wright Brothers, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Miyamoto Musashi, Admiral Zheng He were historical figures who never married and still led enriching lives. They understood that life is not about appeasing women and that blindly fulfilling the demands and expectations of society is wrong.

They woke up from simply following customary beliefs and traditions. They wised up from the exploitative influence of women and society. They opted out of a life of trying to constantly please everyone else and decided to pursue what they wanted to, to become who they wanted to be and go their own way. They had the awareness – the mindful attention with wise intention – that being a man meant that you had to wake up, wise up, opt out and go your own way.

We are indeed the generation raised by women and the answer is not to be shackled down to yet another woman. We are the middle children of history because we have lost the insight of our own purpose and place. Our great war is our freedom of choice and our great depression is indeed our lives.

Wake Up, Wise Up, Opt Out and Go Your Own Way.