For thousands of years it is men who have had to be talked into, bribed, and thanked, for giving up their independence and freedom to take a woman on as a dependent in marriage. This is shown in India's dowry system and the complete control a husband gained over his wife. Without these assurances, men would just live life on their own terms, and civilization would crumble.
All of this changed in the 1980's (talking about America). Marriage and kids were changed into a radically different form where men were heavily incentivized not to get married and participate in societies oldest institution.
The question is, why didn't men stop having marriage immediately? Why didn't marriage rates and cultural norms shift overnight if the system was changed so radically? I chalk this up to societal momentum. It wasn't immediately clear how heavily women would abuse the system and just how many marriages would be blown up when women were given the option of cash and prizes to leave at any whim of discomfort.
This "societal momentum" is coming to an end. The change in culture from 1985-1986 wasn't dramatic, however, the change in culture from 1985-2014 has been drastic. Marriage rates have plummeted, women's remarriage options have dropped, fertility has decreased, and single motherhood has sky-rocketed. It didn't happen overnight, but it has happened.
The proclamations of, "The End of Men" and how today is, "The Age of Women" and the cries that Utopia is finally here, are similar to the feminist cries of, "My boyfriend is perfect! I'm so happy!" before he inevitably comes out as gay.
Just as women face an individual "Wall" in their lives around the age of 35, America is facing the civilizational wall and no amount of hysterical cries of victory by the cultural elite at magazines like Salon will change this truth.
Men respond rationally to changes in incentives and the structure of society, even if it takes 20 years, and even if many men's heads remain buried in the sand. Furthermore, people are missing the point when they point out that white knights and mangina's have huge numbers.
Mangina's represent the virgins of our society, the clueless, and the mentally weak. Their numbers may be large, but as the amount of successful men have decreased, at the same time, the number of successful red-pill men have increased.
This is the important point that men in the Manosphere miss. It's the successful men (you can be successful and not be that financially successful too) who have adopted red pill ideology in mass, so, even if our numbers aren't even the majority of men, as soon as a mangina becomes successful with women or money, the chances of him switching to red pill beliefs sky rocket. It's in his interests.
So why have young women made a huge mistake? They are acting in exactly the same way as their mothers did, without the support of societal momentum from a more traditional era to cover for their mistakes. Everyone knows the entitlement system will collapse long before young people get theirs. But additionally, young women won't have that back up beta to fall back on at age 33, because any guy with any sort of financial success is most likely red pill and hitting on the 20 year olds, he has become a prized commodity in a world of men devastated by a weak economy and female dominated workplace. Men of marriage material are becoming like unicorns. Sure, fat manginas will be there for them, but this is very different than the men available to their mothers as backup plans who although beta, tended to still be quality guys, simply fucked over by the change in the entitlement system which allowed women to go out with cads during their prime.
As America's standard of living declines and the money simply isn't there to provide for 50% of the population to live basically consequence free, there will be a reckoning for the young hoes of today that their mothers didn't have to deal with. Young women have been sold a lie and the PC college sluts out to change the world are in for a rude awakening.
As young men, if you are young and red pill, you should be happy as hell. You have avoided the traps set by the system and can live life on your own terms. Your shelf life is far longer than your female counterparts.
All of this changed in the 1980's (talking about America). Marriage and kids were changed into a radically different form where men were heavily incentivized not to get married and participate in societies oldest institution.
The question is, why didn't men stop having marriage immediately? Why didn't marriage rates and cultural norms shift overnight if the system was changed so radically? I chalk this up to societal momentum. It wasn't immediately clear how heavily women would abuse the system and just how many marriages would be blown up when women were given the option of cash and prizes to leave at any whim of discomfort.
This "societal momentum" is coming to an end. The change in culture from 1985-1986 wasn't dramatic, however, the change in culture from 1985-2014 has been drastic. Marriage rates have plummeted, women's remarriage options have dropped, fertility has decreased, and single motherhood has sky-rocketed. It didn't happen overnight, but it has happened.
The proclamations of, "The End of Men" and how today is, "The Age of Women" and the cries that Utopia is finally here, are similar to the feminist cries of, "My boyfriend is perfect! I'm so happy!" before he inevitably comes out as gay.
Just as women face an individual "Wall" in their lives around the age of 35, America is facing the civilizational wall and no amount of hysterical cries of victory by the cultural elite at magazines like Salon will change this truth.
Men respond rationally to changes in incentives and the structure of society, even if it takes 20 years, and even if many men's heads remain buried in the sand. Furthermore, people are missing the point when they point out that white knights and mangina's have huge numbers.
Mangina's represent the virgins of our society, the clueless, and the mentally weak. Their numbers may be large, but as the amount of successful men have decreased, at the same time, the number of successful red-pill men have increased.
This is the important point that men in the Manosphere miss. It's the successful men (you can be successful and not be that financially successful too) who have adopted red pill ideology in mass, so, even if our numbers aren't even the majority of men, as soon as a mangina becomes successful with women or money, the chances of him switching to red pill beliefs sky rocket. It's in his interests.
So why have young women made a huge mistake? They are acting in exactly the same way as their mothers did, without the support of societal momentum from a more traditional era to cover for their mistakes. Everyone knows the entitlement system will collapse long before young people get theirs. But additionally, young women won't have that back up beta to fall back on at age 33, because any guy with any sort of financial success is most likely red pill and hitting on the 20 year olds, he has become a prized commodity in a world of men devastated by a weak economy and female dominated workplace. Men of marriage material are becoming like unicorns. Sure, fat manginas will be there for them, but this is very different than the men available to their mothers as backup plans who although beta, tended to still be quality guys, simply fucked over by the change in the entitlement system which allowed women to go out with cads during their prime.
As America's standard of living declines and the money simply isn't there to provide for 50% of the population to live basically consequence free, there will be a reckoning for the young hoes of today that their mothers didn't have to deal with. Young women have been sold a lie and the PC college sluts out to change the world are in for a rude awakening.
As young men, if you are young and red pill, you should be happy as hell. You have avoided the traps set by the system and can live life on your own terms. Your shelf life is far longer than your female counterparts.