The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine

by Rollo Tomassi

Building on the core works of The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine presents a poignant outline of the phases of maturity and the most commonly predictable experiences men can expect from women as they progress through various stages of life.

Rational and pragmatic, the book explores the intergender and social dynamics of each stage of women's maturity and provides a practical understanding for men in dealing with women in those phases.

Preventive Medicine also provides revealing outlines of feminine social primacy, Hypergamy, the 'Hierarchies of Love' and the importance of understanding the conventional nature of complementary masculinity in a world designed to keep men ignorant of it.

The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine seeks to help men who "wish they knew then what they know now."

The book is the first in of series complements to The Rational Male, the twelve-year core writing of author/blogger Rollo Tomassi from therationalmale.com. Rollo Tomassi is one of the leading voices in the globally growing, male-focused online consortium known as the “Manosphere”.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Philosophy, Relationships, Personal Development, Audiobook

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2015

Reviews

[Vagabond of Letters, DLitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

9.75/10.

'Necessitous' reading for all men no matter their life stage, station, or creed. If you're a Christian, read Dalrock (Google 'Dalrock') too - a writer this book introduced me to.

This is the only book I've read in the Rational Male series, so other reviewers' criticisms of repetitiveness are irrelevant if this is so. I've purchased the other two on the strength of this entry, and my future reviews of those volumes will reflect any repetitiveness contained in them.

Certain terms, like amused mastery and command presence, remain undefined in the text, but are likely defined in the first book. I can make a good guess as to what they are, but look forward to hearing it from Tomassi.

Rollo Tomassi is most certainly the best Red Pill author (though not as good as Return of Kings when it comes to politics) alongside Dalrock: Tomassi teaches theory in a systematic way, Dalrock demonstrates it in applied in concrete situations. These guys combined leave the Meninist (feminism for men/polycentric sexual strategy for men) PUA types in the dust (Heartiste, Roosh), and by their mere existence bury the MGTOWs who attempt to disown the biological and theological Imperative of existence (to propagate one's genetic interests and maximize inclusive fitness and to 'go forth and multiply' respectively).

Though I remain instinctually hesitant to how many compromises Tomassi makes with feminism and the Feminine Imperative, instead of going full reactionary-political to reinstate patriarchy (White Sharia, lol) by law and custom, but I understand he's writing for real men in the real world (adapting his theory to be usable before the restoration of couverture), which world sadly is ruled by the Feminine Imperative, female hypergamy, and viewed through a feminine Frame. Not everyone can be a one-note ideologue and live in the Platonic realm of forms (cloudcuckooland, if you like) like me.

I suspect that some of the adaptations of RP thinking designed to mitigate feminism in fact legitimate it and help it dig in further, more normalized - moving the Overton window, once feminists can point out that men have access to a toolkit to not neutralize feminism as is truly necessitous, but to fight fire with fire. But in this world, at this time, in the age of no fault divorce, birth control, mass media distorting SMV self-perception, anti-male family courts, etc., fighting it with fire is better than fighting it by immolating oneself with BP gasoline.

[Ioannis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book - excellent prose and solid thinking and explanations. I have already suggested it to several friends.

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Lots of material already covered in RM #1.

1/11/24: Second reading completed. Increased my rating to four stars. This book is excellent to understand the stages of life for men and women, and how they relate to one another. By understanding such stages, you can put your own life into perspective and not make common mistakes which occur in the life stage you are in. For example, do not follow your girlfriend to her new university, master’s degree, or job. You will quickly become her slave and destroy your potential thus wise, always compromising your goals for her pussy. Not a great place to be in. You will realize it, she will realize it, and things will implode.

[Mohammad Ali Abedi · Rating 2 out of 5]

The female imperative. THE female imperative. The FEMALE imperative.

Hmm. The. Female…IMPERATIVE.

Enjoyed that so far? Well, strap your dildos on, you magnificent alphas, because Rollo Tomassi, his supreme manship, is going to make sure to talk about it thousand more times. I’m writing the same review on his second and third book, “Preventive Medicine” and “Positive Masculinity”, because I honestly can’t really find much difference between the two.

I like the idea of reminding people some of the benefits of traditional masculinity, but these guys make it really hard to find the few useful information they provide. For a group of people that spouse about manly characteristics, they are such huge whiners.

Last time I checked, whining has never been a positive characteristic of a manly ideal. But for these guys, it’s always society and the females putting these poor men down. Also, something else that’s really gets on my nerves is all their childish use of stupid words and phrases. Alpha Fucks, Beta Bucks. See, it rhymes, you absolute child, so make sure you use it a million times since your macho readers can only understand a concept if you apply the communication theories learned from teaching to preschoolers.

There is a lot of these. The Manosphere (there’s one) has full of these terms. AWALT, AFC, Cock Carousel, DTF, Hypergamy, Oneitis, and on and on.

They really act pathetic, and not for the reasons that more liberal minded people do, but because they just so totally suck at acting like a man.

[Emmanuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the way Rollo explains his views, he does it in a way that's easily digestible and sometimes even funny yet the sound reasoning behind it is on point. If there's anything that I could draw from this book is context, I feel it's helping me process years of raw data of human relationships, a rather reflective work in my opinion.

[Петър Стойков · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine е толкова добра, че ме зариби да прочета пак и по-внимателно първата книга на автора, която изобщо не ме впечатли на първо четене.

Роло Томази е доста по-възрастен от обичайната аудитория и автори, свързани с Red Pill и кръговете на "свалячите" - 48 г. и също така е щастливо женен и с успешна професионална кариера (т.е. не разчита на доходи от заниманията си с настоящата тема). Това му дава уникална перспектива върху темите, обсъждани в общността и в книгата - един далеч по-зрял, умерен и бих казал помъдрял поглед върху отношенията на мъжете и жените и живота като цяло.

Основният обем на The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine е зает от времева и психологическа разбивка на живота на средностатистическата американска (западна?) жена - нейната мотивация, действия, отношението на обществото към нея и действията им. Кои фактори влияят върху вземането на решения (свързани с връзките, секса и живота) на жените в различните етапи на живота им, какви са най-често тия решения и какво означават те.

Авторът не обяснява основни концепции от Redd Pill, така че човек трябва да е запознат предварително поне с тях, за да чете, а и стилът на писане не е простоватият, форумен стил на повечето автори по темата.

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I think it's worth reading, there were a lot of things I didn't like about this book.

I guess the main thing that bothers me is the tone in general. The whole thing just sounds bitter, defensive and vaguely conspiratorial. Women aren't out to get men. Sure, they have their own dating/sexual strategies...but do you have to make them sound so dark and deceiving?

The basic premise of this book, as I understood it, is that men's sexual market value tends to increase in their 30's-40's (assuming that they're performing/improving consistently over the years). But with women, their attractiveness tends to peak in their 20's (an unfortunate but biological reality it seems).

So while many men feel pressured to settle down and give into the expectations of girls, this book is telling you that it's ok to wait. You shouldn't let societal pressure or fear of loneliness influence your decisions.

Anyway, I think this author has good intentions to help men understand their options in life. However, I just hope his future books involve more science and less attacking. I like learning about Evolutionary Psychology, but I don't like the abrasive/confrontational language.

[Rowan · Rating 1 out of 5]

"When she says "I don't know what came over me, I'm not usually like this" she's observing her proliferative phase behavior from a luteal phase perspective. She really isn't "like that" the other 21 days of her cycle". Holy fuck man, touch grass.

Okay, I've really learned my lesson this time. Never again will I skim through and not really read into what the Goodreads description of the book entails. Going off the title mainly (again my mistake), I was under the impression that this book would go over essentially how to maintain a rational lifestyle and mindset despite all of the different errs of pride and male-oriented weaknesses/deficiencies (anger, pigheadedness). In no way did I expect an internet influencer, equipped with brainrotted teenager terms like "alpha/beta male" "redpill" "mgtow", and many more, to give me the most out of touch, incel-esque, pseudo-intellectual sounding pick up artist book I could have ever conceived of.

this book literally has the comparative male/female "sexual market value" graph on it. Oh my, I'm such an idiot. I cannot believe I read this book. In a way, this is honestly hard to call an F-tier, because it's so laughable. If I'm rating purely in terms of enjoyment, I think it'd be hard to call it an F-tier, but if I rate it based on how much useful information I'm able to extract from it, which I am, then I think it deserves no other spot. It honestly isn't even worth writing any more about in this review, it's simply not worth my time to dignify this slop with any formulated and in-depth response. This is the second worst book I have ever read, behind only one title which will remain un-referenced here, as to spare the world from it having any more exposure.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book, along with the first Rational Male, are two of the most important books I have ever read and likely will ever read.

I would advise every single guy in the world to read both, especially if you're interested in masculinity, women and how the two interact.

[Sergiy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was good, although, I hadn't so many insights from it as from Rollo's original book The Rational Male. As the first book, The Rational Male - Preventive Medicine is over wordy and doesn't always go straight to the point, and for me, not a native speaker, sometimes it was hard to understand the content.

But the book gives you a good perspective about women psychology in different ages, and what to expect at those times. The Author goes in chronological order from the beginning to the end of a woman's life and shows his perspective about the driving forces in each period and what is happening 'inside her head'.

And yes, he still uses 'Hypergamy doesn't care...' joke. A lot.

And he goes even further by substituting it with 'AF/BB' concept - short form for Alpha Fucks/Beta Bucks. Ha-ha. Despite of the name the concept is true. The main idea that until the woman's 30s, she is mostly focused on Alpha Fucks - have as much fun as she possibly can, and after 30 the focus changes to Beta Bucks - finding a provider which will help her raise her kids

Short chronology:
15-20 - Teen years. Looks, physique and physical prowess are everything. Other factors at this age are secondary
18-20 - Break. The first guy's test for his Red Pill awareness. Do not prioritize long distance relationships over your ambitions and goals
20-27 - Party years. This is the time when a woman has her peak, in terms of options and social proof (at age 23). The primal focus is fun and not thinking about the future
27 - 30 - Transition phase. Time when the main focus is to find a long term partner
30 - 36 - Security. Most women at this age hit the wall and the main interest for them is social security, financial support and stability. They can't compete with younger women and they are focused on raising their kids
37 - 40 - Development phase. Men reach their peak at age 37, in terms of career, social status, life experiences, i.e. Women are still focused on raising their kids
40-48 - Redevelopment. The kids are almost independent at those times. This is the time when '40 is the new 30' and woman is trying to have the same fun as she had in her party ages while simultaneously maintaining her security relationships. This is the time when she appreciates 5 mins from her party years with a fun guy more than 15-20 years of relationships with her husband
48 -... - Late phase security. For woman this phase is mostly based on emotional and intimate dependence with her partner. Financial provisioning is crucial, but plays a smaller role. This is the time when a woman is concerned about the future of her daughters/sons

Main takeaways:
- The most secure monogamy women find in men whom they perceive to be 1 or 2 points above her own evaluation
- When a man is aware of his value to women, he perceives their shit tests as an act of insecurity, with which he will have constantly to deal with
- Ultimatums are the act of powerlessness, because you are resorting to a direct thread to get someone to do what you want them to and in doing so you overtly confess your weak position
- Love = neediness
- Never seek emotional fulfillment through women

[Robin Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book - especially liked the timeline of women's phases that determine vastly different behaviours, which blue-pill men often misinterpret. It is this misinterpretation that cause men to label women as one thing or the other instead of seeing a much more nuanced image that can be hard for our egos to swallow. However the red pill is essential for a man to live a more conscious life.

This book is the second in the series and has undergone much more rigorous editing than the first one. However it still has too many mistakes - at least the version that I read did.

[Bradly Polisuk · Rating 1 out of 5]

Undocumented Gibberish

Rollo wants to pretend he is king of the alphas yet he is not masculine enough to get a book editor to clear up this hot mess. This was an incomprehensible, jargon filled screed against an indefinable phantom called the female imperative that supposedly holds the strings of universal manhood. Anybody who believes this charlatan demonstrates why he is a failure with women.

[Nati S · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lame

[Joao Fonseca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quotes/ Comments:

“Man up is the anthem of women in the epiphany phase”

The binding cooperative arrangement of child rearing that necessitated her need for security gradually decrease in importance, giving way to a new urgency, pairing with someone she really connects with, before her, ajustes for age, smv or age are entirely spent on the provider male he now loaths the idea of spending the future with. That beta has deves it’s usefulness and now she realizes she really needed all along is a man she truly has respect for, under the conditions that her maturity has at last made her aware of.

Nothing is more daunting for a women than to reenter the sexual market place at such a severe disadvantage. After the wall women dread the idea of having to start over in a sexual market place in which they are grossely outmatched. So even the slightest deviation from the security for ever script becomes a major ego threat. If that security is more or less assured there are feminine social conventions ready to make that prospect more palatable: “40s are the new 30s”.

It’s important to remind yourself of the distinction that this security isn’t necessarily founded on financial provisioning but rather an emotional intimate dependence and acceptance for a woman from an acceptable masculine man often in spite of a past that she would rather be/expects to be forgiven of by virtue of her age and perceived life experience.

Briffault’s law: the female, not the male determines all the conditions of the animal family, where the female can derive no benefit from associationist with a male, no such association takes place.

Unfortunately until then(red pill awakening), breaking away from that conditioning is usually beginning as the result of a traumatic break-up, a divorce or having had the relational equity a men thought he had built a relationship on, proved worthless in the face of hypergamy.
Having to live with the harsh realities that the red pill makes men aware of, that more or less everything they held as ego investment up to that point was founded on a feminine primary conditioning.

Romance isn’t created, romance just happens. A ring made of a gum wrapper(at the right place, at the right time) meant more to a woman than the expensive pre planned romantic getaway. An important part of the red pill is learning that the most memorable acts of love a man can commit with woman are acts of genuine spontaneity and never apparently and overtly planned, and yes, that applies to sex as well.

Performance:
Expecting a women to perform for a man is an insult to her prize status as an individual that feminine centrism as thought her to expect from men. From a humanism perspective there is a want for rational solution to this performance requirement, but appeals to women’s reason are no intelation against the subliminal influences of hypergamy.
By full disclosure from men, there is this hope that women will drop their innate hypergamist performance requisites in appreciation for this vulnerable inadequate honesty. What they sweep under the rug is that you cannot to a women’s reason or sentiment to genuinely forgive a deficit in a mans performance. Love, reason both demand a preexisting mutual appreciation in a common context. But neither love nor reason aliviate te necessity of performance for a man.
Women simply have no incentive to compromise hypergamy on their one accord, they will not be reasoned into accommodating a situation of mutual needs by overt means. It is a mans capacity to perform and demonstrate, never to explicate of how your value genuinely motivates women to accommodate mutual needs in a relationship, not communication or reasoning. Either that is a same night lay or a 50 year marriage.

Women performance standards:
Most of what constitutes demonstrations of higher value(DHV) for men is casual, unintentional, in fact the best most genuine forms of DHV are exhibited when a man doesn’t realize he is performing in a way that demonstrates his higher value. Can be as simple as entering a room in the right context or environment evident social proof he takes for granted is DHV.
Women’s performance standards are dependent on many varied context and according to the priorities she places on the type of character she finds both arousing and attractive, and according to what her maturity phase conditions dictate for her. In many instances is not how you perform so that you perform.
Demonstrating higher value or lower value is performance, either intentional or not. You cannot remove yourself from this performance equation. You can cease to direct your part in this performance, but until you die you cannot exit the game.

Vulnerability:
Exposing a vulnerability is an act of submission, surrender and a capitulation to an evident superior.
Vulnerability is not something to be brandished or proud of, while the insight and acknowledgment of your personal vulnerabilities is a necessary part of understanding yourself. It is not the source of attractions and certainly not arousal that most conditioned beta men believe it is for women.

The concept of mans idealistic love, the love that makes him the true romantic begins with a want of freedom from his burden of performance.
There is a want of man to believe that by reveling their vulnerabilities they become more human. That if they expose their frailty to women, some mask they believe they are wearing comes of, and he she is a mythical quality woman she will excuse his inadequacies to perform to the rigorous satisfaction of her hypergamy. The problem is twofold: 1st, the humaneness he believes a woman will respect isn’t the attraction queue he believes it is. In the attraction and arousal states women are far more concerned with a mans capacity to entertain her by playing a role and presenting her with the perception of a male archetype she expects herself to be attracted to, and aroused by. Hypergamy doesn’t care about how you express your humaneness.
2nd, the caricatured preconceptions men have about their masculine identity is a construct of a men’s feminine primary socialization. The mask the feminine imperative makes man wear.

As with all things any accidental display of a vulnerability is best discovered by a woman trough demonstration, never explaining those vulnerabilities to her with the intent of appearing more human has the feminine would define it. Women want a bullwork against their emotionalism not a co-equal male emoter whose emotionalism with compete with their own.
Vulnerability is not a strength, specially not when a man reveals it with the expectation of a woman appreciating it as a strength. Vulnerability is not game. At some point in any relationship you will show your vulnerable side, and there is nothing wrong with it, what’s wrong is the overt attempt to parlor that vulnerability into a strength or virtue that you expect that woman to appreciate, feel endearment over or reciprocate with displays of her own vulnerability for.

Midlife crisis:
Is a feminine social construct. Men come to realize what he has been sold is a scham, that he played a part in women’s sexual strategy that was sold to him as his feminine correct social responsibility. Realizing he as been sold what a healthy relation should be and this conflicts with both his realizing his SMV or his lost potential of it, and confronting reality of the part he played in her duplicitous sexual strategy. After 15 years of doing all he could still all is not fine, and all for what? He realizes his SMV is much higher then his wife’s. This isn't due to infantilism but rather new understanding of their own position as man.

Men are berated for being peter pans in their late 20s for not living up to female entitlement, then get the same treatment for marrying younger women when they do mature into man. This is a glaring illustration of the female imperative at work.

The beta mindset isn’t so much one of adopting a feminine mindset as much as it adopt a deference to and the supporting of a feminine primary world view.

[Ebrahim Ahmed · Rating 4 out of 5]

*It is a good book!
*This book is a completion of Rollo's first book. The content is controversial, written by one of the well known red pill writers .
* The book covers the basics Inter-gender relationships, red pill terms, women psyche as they age, & general self-help tips for men.
*It is is highly recommended for men in general.
*Women might get annoyed by reading a book written in such style, since it seems that it meant to be for men only, but the content can be beneficial.

[Bon Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I somehow expected this to be recapitulation of the first book and making your engrams really dig in, but not really. There's enough of new concepts to call this book mandatory if you liked the first one. In short, it's more of the good stuff.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

A definite must read. There is always additional knowledge a man can know even when he believes he possesses the highest level of knowledge.

[Socolescu Costin · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book, read it

[mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

The content is great overall, but the book is a bit repetitive in parts and has some grammar issues. A good editor would’ve solved both issues.

[شمس · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can’t delete a book. You can burn a book, shred it or otherwise physically destroy that book, but you have to take it into your hands to do so . . . I fear there may be a day when the authorities of digital publishing will become the authorities of permissible information. Deleting a book would be as simple as a keystroke.

[Ostilio Portillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. A must read for all men whether married or single. In my opinion, it is a detailed guide to protect yourself from being manipulated by mature women coming from the sexual market place at the end of their 20s & early 30s trying to make you fall into the trap of marriage and fatherhood.

It is indeed a prevented medicine to avoid to be emotionally & economically destroyed in family courts by women that desperately want to pair-bond with you because their outside beauty is fading away at the end of the first stage of their dualistic sexual strategy (Bad boys first & beta buck later).

Unfortunately, they select their future husbands from a hypergamic point of view, in other words, for what they represent (an open wallet) and not because they're really in love with them resulting in an exacerbated rate of divorce which is splitting apart families, especially in societies, were feminism has been allowed to run unrestrained.

[Michal Bičan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the first "The Rational Male" book first and this one second. I actually find this book easier to read and I recommend to read it first because it goes into details of why women behave how they behave. I will read the first book again because after this one it will make more sense

[Seemy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again similar to the authors first book “The Rational Male” that I read, this book too covers some important hard truths which give men a lot of important food for thought whether we agree with the principles taught/preached entirely or not.

Yes I do think like with any learning in any field (Health, Wealth, Relationships etc) their are always going to be exceptions to the rule so I can see instances where I would be inclined to not agree with everything being said in this book all the time - but we must be intellectually switched on to appreciate to realise, and extremely important to be at the very least aware of the gender dynamics that do indeed exist today as taught by this author - this is a must for any man to see, and grasp the whole big reality and picture of how the game works - whether it’s being played in all instances or not you gotta respect the author for bringing many important things as explained in this book to light, thus bringing many lost men out of darkness as evidenced by many glowing reviews and fans of his work.

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[Neeramitra Reddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the first book was a sort of rushed wrapper of everything red pill, this one is a more structured deeper take on one specific thing - how to apply your red pill understanding in the real world.

Or more accurately, how (most) women act/ seek with respect to their age in terms of the men/sexual relations they seek. As the name suggests, this is preventive medicine - education for men to stay red pill aware and not fall into the blue-pill "happily ever-after" trap.

Again, as Rollo says, the entire book with it's timelines and interpretations is a praexology - a study of actions and reality rather than the value-side of things. So it's sort of like a bunch of strongly logically connected framework of ideas that are left to the readers' interpretation based on their own life experiences.

Rollo has changed my life. I'll be reading the other two books soon after this.

[Kaivon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for men who are looking to "unplug" themselves from the feminine imperative. This book will educate you on the hypergamous tendencies of women (generalized) at various stages of their lives. I would recommend this to younger men who want to prepare themselves for the future and for older men who would like to get a better understanding of the changing dynamics in their intersexual relationships. If you're a male who is comfortably numb with the current reality that they live in, don't read this book. A closed-mind and an attachment to your old beliefs will prevent you from being able to absorb the knowledge contained in this book.

[Sam Botta · Rating 5 out of 5]

The knowledge within this book literally saved my life. Nothing has been written in the last 1,000 years that has the power of this direct book filled with harsh truths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-DNT...

[Heiki Eesmaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A rare sane overview of female mating behavior. While I don't think this is the whole story, it is way better than the default narratives culture gives us.

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Delusional garbage

[Alrick Hui · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of a read. Just repeated the first book

[ofits · Rating 3 out of 5]

On the whole, Preventive Medicine seems to have been formatted better for book form, in comparison to the loose collection that was the first book. On the other hand, the concepts presented feel less timeless and more relevant to the unique situation society finds itself in than the first book.

There are still plenty of embarrassing typos:

These are my observations. They are not cannon, they are not law.

But, there is also plenty of wisdom.

Why is our reflexive response to label possessive men as 'insecure'? Because underneath an overt exercising of control we believe a man lacks the capacity to inspire genuine desire in a woman which prompts her to self-regulate her own Hypergamy.

Ultimatums are declarations of powerlessness because you are resorting to a direct threat to get someone to do what you want them to do, and in doing so you overtly confess your weak position.

If you have a strong sense of self-worth and competence your self-image can take hits but remain largely intact; if you're beset by self-doubt, however, any acknowledgement of failure can be devastating and any admission of error painful to the point of being unthinkable.

Indifference, not revenge, speaks volumes.

Our great danger is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.

The "beta male" is defined:

The attributes of attraction (not arousal) that define this stage are associated with comforting, familiarity, empathy, nurturing, etc.

The phenomenon of women calling each other sluts is explored:

When a woman attacks the respectability and character of another ("she's such a slut"), in essence, she is assaulting the woman's agency for garnering attention by delegitimizing it.

You'll hear women agonize with themselves, "Why am I not hot for the sweet Beta who'd give me the world, but cannot get enough sex from the hot guy who's casually indifferent to me?"

I'm very skeptical that anyone, woman or not, thinks like this.

This is a major frustration for Beta minded young men predisposed to a feminine conditioning that convinces them they'll be rewarded for loyalty, support and building relational equity with a girl.

This predisposition is either true or it is not. If it is not, if Rollo and his ilk are ultimately right, well... I'd rather not live on a planet where they are right.

Most men will want to apply their concepts of honor or justice in assessing how 'right' men's idealistic love is, while women will still see the inherent value in loving what a man is as a prerequisite for loving who a man is.

I don't claim to hold the truth of this situation, but man, that is bleak.

The female, not the male, determines all the conditions of the animal family. Where the female can derive no benefit from association with the male, no such association takes place.

I suppose the controversial aspect of Briffault's Law is whether it holds up in humans, what with our vaunted neocortex and all.

You fear you'll end up old and lonely? I'd fear ending up so paralyzed by a fear of loneliness that you'd settle for a lifetime of controlling misery in a passionless marriage.

When you put it that way...

The security average men seek is rooted in a need for certainty in his ability to meet with a woman's performance standards - and ultimately avoid feminine rejection.

A continuation of the hard-hitting feels from the first book.

Some food for thought:

Americans over 50 are twice as likely to get divorced as people of that age were 20 years ago.

Interesting.

In 2013 the Pew Research Center released an analysis on marriage trends based data [sic] from the U.S. Census Bureau. That analysis indicated that while nearly two thirds of previously married men expressed a desire to remarry, less than half of previously married women had the same desire.

Very interesting.

Female decision-making status is an even stronger determinant of relationship satisfaction than female breadwinner status.

Most interesting.

Women form the most secure emotional attachments to men 1-2 SMV steps above themselves.

Or, women date up.

I think the primary lesson of Game is that one needs to have a life and purpose that makes a man happy and determined to wake up every morning. Once a man takes control of his life, then a woman becomes an interchangeable part of it like everything else. The road to that state lies only through relentless self-improvement and the shedding of prior limitations. Otherwise, the same brutal cycle repeats itself.

On that, we agree.