Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet. But it's important to keep in mind that the men's rights movement is still in its inception. It took feminists decades to become a formidable political force. Just like male rights advocates, they were initially ridiculed and put down by society at large. So it's definitely a possibility that MRM will become a legitimate movement with serious political power. But it won't happen overnight.Bumsniff said:Is the MRM actually helping men or just flapping at the gums preaching to the choir?
What actions are being put in place besides blogs?
That is its current strength, IMO. Can't kill a movement that has no apparent head / leader.The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet.
That may be true, but at a certain point, leadership becomes essential. No movement has ever succeeded without a leader. Imagine Christianity without Jesus, the American Revolution without George Washington, Soviet Union without Vladimir Lenin...A strong leader is always needed to unite the movement and turn individual discontent into collective action.Jitterbug said:That is its current strength, IMO. Can't kill a movement that has no apparent head / leader.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
Right, the movement is still in its earliest stages, which is really nothing more than a lot of grumbling going on in the background. Compare it to the feminist movement. Women got the right to vote around the turn of the last century, and they were already well organized by then. It's over 100 years later and their movement is still going strong.Bokanovsky said:The main problem is that not much is being done other than blogs. There is no organization, no lobbying, no collective action as with the feminists...yet. But it's important to keep in mind that the men's rights movement is still in its inception
Do you want to get p*&&y or do you want to go out and get a job? Do you want to get p*$$y or do you want to go build a life for yourself? The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The fact that men are such slaves to p*$$y is part of the problem in the first place.samspade said:Do you want to get p*$$y or do you want to spend your time organizing, picketing, rallying, and writing manifestos hoping it will change minds over a generation or two?
I don't know about that...I can't say I've ever felt a particularly strong urge to sacrifice myself for some skirt. Men are hard-wired to protect their families, not the womankind in general. The whole "women leave the sinking ship first" thing and similar white knight concepts are not part of a man's natural modus operandi. Chivalry is a product of societal brainwashing; nothing more.zekko said:Whether any of this ever actually occurs is up for debate, because men have been hardwired to protect women and children, to self-sacrifice, and to bear their own burdens silently without complaint.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.