I have been divorce raped and then chased as a target for support by a number of wall-approaching single mothers. I am MGTOW and will focus on raising my kids going forward, thank you very much. Thankfully the kids are with me. I have no interest in turning my attention to coupling up with a single woman--trying to financially support her and please her for the rest of my days. No way. I am also not interested in chasing tail to satisfy my sexual urges--I view this as a very misguided giving-in to weakness at significant cost in time and money. I trust women to be true to how they feel in the moment instead of being faithful to what they promised previously when they felt differently. I don't have any interest in letting that twisted morality into my tent. AWALT. I am MGTOW.

But I do not hate women. I respect them very much and admire many of them. These things are not incompatible.

1. I support Hillary for POTUS because she combines a real life-long commitment to helping those who are not succeeding in our system (especially children) with a very realpolitik calculating nature that will get shit done. She will work for a more interconnected world cooperative system among governments, a more robust social safety net for the poor, and a more inclusive society for those who were previously excluded (immigration reform, etc.). And she will do this while still respecting the capitalistic greed-motivated system that has created the modern world of prosperity we now enjoy. She believes in the profit motive. Lenin she is not.

2. I am general counsel to a corporation with a female president. She is the hardest working, most no-nonsense person I have ever worked with. Except maybe my former assistant (who has been promoted away from me, dammit), who is equally amazing. I have worked with both of these women for over a decade. They have never once brought personal drama into the workplace, nor have they ever used traditional gender norms or the "pussy pass" to get out of a responsibility or to minimize consequences. If I were to leave and start my own company, they would be the first two I would want to take with me. They out-work the men in the company, and are as smart as anyone I have ever worked with. I enjoy working with them very much. Note: I have worked with many women who were not great, some who did use their gender to try to gain advantage inappropriately. But in the workplace, NAWALT.

3. Since the divorce, my college age daughter has moved back in with me and her younger siblings. She has been amazing in providing a much-appreciated feminine energy and presence in the home. She made a great curry the other night unsolicited. She feeds and walks the dog without being asked. Catching a glimpse of her meditating on the deck with some candles around inspires me and makes me happy. She gives me hugs when we greet and holds my arm when we are out--which (along with the occasional therapeutic massage) satisfies my need for physical touch. Having a daughter in the home is wonderful. I don't doubt that she might drive men crazy in a relationship, but as my daughter she is perfect (or nearly so). I love her with all my heart and always will.

And so the point is that men can (and probably should) be MGTOW. And men can (and most definitely should) appreciate and value women separate and apart from being in relationships with them. You don't want to put up with a woman's shit? Neither do I. But I am so happy to have Hillary as POTUS, to work with the amazing women I work with, and to have female offspring who bring such joy into my life.

MGTOW AND love and appreciate and respect women. This is the healthy and productive way to live life. Full speed ahead.