An anonymous Reddit user from San Jose said, “I’ve kinda given up on dating, I just enjoy myself and my hobbies. I work, take care of my folks as they get older. I guess you could call it the MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) thing.”

The concept of “men going their own way” isn’t new. While it’s been popularized in recent years thanks to influencers and podcasts, the phenomenon of men rejecting romantic relationships with women dates back to the early 2000s. In 2004, two men using the pseudonyms “Ragnar” and “Meagainstthestate” launched the first recorded MGTOW website, titled Men Going Their Own Way (now defunct). The site laid out an early MGTOW manifesto and encouraged men to reject what they viewed as a gynocentric society in favor of autonomy from women and traditional expectations.

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