Men Going Their Own Way

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Men Going Their Own Way ( MGTOW / ˈmɪɡtaʊ /, dt. Men who go their own way or men who do their own thing ) is an anti-feminist online community that the media and scientists call misogynous online community that encourages men to make contacts to refrain from women, or to reject the bond to a woman through a marriage or a marriage -like union. In contrast to the men's rights movement , the MGTOW movement considers that what they consider to be too “feminized” and gynocentric society cannot be changed, which is why it is propagated that men must go “their own way” independently of society. The MGTOW subreddit had 104,000 members at the beginning of 2019 and individual MGTOW forums achieved 5-digit membership numbers. The group was formed in the early to mid-2000s.

ideology

The origins of MGTOW have not yet been clarified, although there are many connections to the anti-feminist scene on the Internet, the so-called Manosphere . The core of MGTOW's ideology is the assumption that men would be disadvantaged in a supposedly gynocentric society and that there would be a double standard in gender roles that would call into question the equal rights sought by the division of feminism . In MGTOW forums, women are often portrayed as manipulative and mendacious. In addition, women are " hypergam ", i.e. constantly looking for sexual contact with a large number of men, which is why men always compete with thousands of other men when dating. The subject of rape and the fear of being accused of rape themselves, because women would mainly use rape allegations for their own benefit, also play a special role in communication . From this ideology a multi-level, the interest group results for the members separatist men should first social conditions "see through" what the common in the online men's rights movement metaphor: Program Red Pill (Engl. Red pill is taken, relying on) the Matrix series of films. Then men should either completely break off all relationships with women or reduce them to a minimum in order to ultimately break free from society.

The ideology is similar to that of other groups in the Manosphere ( e.g. Incels ), but can also be clearly distinguished from them. Even if the followers of the ideology see themselves as explicitly non-activist, in forums there is widespread racism and overlaps with the ideology of the so-called alt-right. Within the community, topics such as sexism , parent-child alienation , gynocentrism are also discussed , Gender pay gap , women's quota, and sometimes socially taboo topics such as rape of men or violence against men .

Attitude towards marriage and love relationships

Within the community, the opinion is often held that today's legal system in western countries is unjust and almost always in favor of women when it comes to divorce , custody disputes , paternity challenges and maintenance obligations . Hence, given the rising divorce rate, getting married or family planning is often viewed as an economically poor decision for the man. Thus, one would like to avoid a possible life crisis of separation with subsequent thwarting in advance. In addition, it is often assumed within the community that women are largely unable to love unconditionally.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jie Liang Lin: Antifeminism Online: MGTOW . In: Frömming, Urte Undine; Köhn, Steffen; Fox, Samantha; Terry, Mike (Ed.): Digital Environments. Ethnographic Perspectives across Global Online and Offline Spaces . transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8376-3497-6 , p. 77–96 , doi : 10.25595 / 503 ( genderopen.de [accessed on May 11, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Callum Jones, Verity Trott, Scott Wright: Sluts and soyboys: MGTOW and the production of misogynistic online harassment . In: New Media & Society . November 8, 2019, ISSN  1461-4448 , p. 3 , doi : 10.1177 / 1461444819887141 ( sagepub.com [accessed May 11, 2020]).
  3. ^ Mack Lamoureux: This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women. In: Vice. September 24, 2015, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ A b c Scott Wright, Verity Trott, Callum Jones: 'The pussy ain't worth it, bro': assessing the discourse and structure of MGTOW . In: Information, Communication & Society . April 27, 2020, ISSN  1369-118X , p. 1–18 , doi : 10.1080 / 1369118X.2020.1751867 ( tandfonline.com [accessed May 12, 2020]).
  5. ^ Jie Liang Lin: Antifeminism Online: MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) . transcript, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8394-3497-0 ( https: //null/view/book/9783839434970/10.14361/9783839434970-007.xml [accessed May 14, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Why Are Men Angry: Manning Up Author Kay Hymowitz Explains thedailybeast.com
  7. ^ A b Mack Lamoureux: This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women. In: Vice. September 24, 2015, accessed on May 12, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Right-wing cyber culture: “Red Pill” and “Blue Pill” - What is it? In: Belltower.News. Retrieved on May 12, 2020 (German).
  9. ^ David Futrelle: Inside the Dangerous Convergence of Men's-Rights Activists and the Alt-Right. Retrieved May 12, 2020 (American English).
  10. ↑ The Real Al Bundys at Tages-Anzeiger , created: September 28, 2016
  11. ↑ As a man, have you sworn off women? 20min.ch
  12. ↑ Equality in the IT world: Some men rehearse the uprising at Der Standard , published: September 24, 2017
  13. ^ The men who have sworn never to sleep with women again . In: The Independent . September 26, 2016 ( independent.co.uk [accessed April 24, 2018]).