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mgtow started as a "marriage strike"... as in, for example there's another post on here of a guy proposing to a single mom and a lot of people are disgusted by it here... the "mgtow" idea was: "nope, not marrying some single mom, just gonna be single until I find someone that's decent, and if not then I just don't get married"
Now there is something to be said about marrying a single parent, if you feel called to it (the thought doesn't seem too attractive to me and probably a lot of other people, though).
however, I think at some point some other "strain" of people came in or tried to co-opt things and turn "mgtow" from a "marriage strike" to a permanent rejection of women and marriage, with a portrayal of relationships as being on a "slave plantation". This is really what mgtow is associated with these days (well, "MGTOW" was banned across social media some years ago as an acronym, and the subreddits banned from reddit for example, so it's basically a dead movement besides those it already picked up from before then and those who have been contacted)
There are however a ton of guys that are kind of "mgtow" in practice today: they recognize the danger and difficulty of marriage today with dismantled economic and social institutions for men, and are cautious about committing to women for relationships
And I think that's the takeaway and where we're at, if we fix the economic and social issues, mgtow goes away on its own more, or at least it's something different.
Not sure if that covers all bases, feel free to follow up with some comments more on what should be discussed
For the record, I'm a single dad and I have no intention of dating again unless I find a woman who impresses my (I've got my kids, what other good is a woman?). I have *never* felt the need to endlessly grind my ax about how bad women are unless it served some other purpose. I used to be active on MRA subs back in the day, where examples were useful, but the goal was to educate the masses to the lies of "female oppression".
But every MGTOW community I've seen is the same. They blame women for literally everything and ignore everything they themselves do wrong. When I do post, before I get banned, it's usually to tell them what they should (or should have) done to keep custody of their kids, like I did.
Tl;dr: While men are increasingly checking out of marriage, joining cry forums is not what I would call "going your own way".