I know this isn't a book club, but some of what I've read in this book resonated with my inner MGTOW.

At this point I have an odd story to tell. I hope that my readers will listen patiently without laughing at me. When I was in middle school, we learned about Antony and Cleopatra in a history class. As you probably know, Antony engaged the forces of Augustus in a naval battle on the Nile. Cleopatra followed Antony into battle, but when she saw that things looked bad for her side, she immediately turned her ship and fled; whereupon Antony, realizing that the heartless queen was deserting him, withdrew from the battle at a critical moment and chased after. "Boys," the history teacher said to us, "this man Antony pursued a woman and lost his life. He is the greatest fool in history, truly the laughingstock of the ages."

It isn't just in women today, women in the past have behaved much the same. It is their nature.

It's often said that "women deceive men." But from my experience, I'd say that it doesn't start with the woman deceiving the man. Rather, the man, without any prompting, rejoices in being deceived; when he falls in love with a woman, everything she says, whether true or not, sounds adorable to his ears. When she puts her head on his shoulder and weeps false tears, he takes the generous view. ... She generally wore a loose gown when we played, not quite fastened and a little bit revealing, so that she could employ her "moves" as soon as they were needed. When play was going badly for her, she'd slouch immodestly in her chair, unfasten the neck of her gown, stick out her legs and, if that failed, lie in my lap, stroke my cheek, tweak the corner of my mouth - in short, attempt every form of enticement ... "Not fair, not fair, that's no way to play cards. . . ." "Isn't it? When men and women play, they use all kinds of tricks. I've seen them. When I was little, I used to watch my big sister play cards with men. She had all kinds of tricks." I believe that when Antony was conquered by Cleopatra, it happened this way: little by little he was stripped of his resistance and became ensnared. It's fine to give confidence to the woman you love, but as a result you lose confidence in yourself. And when that happens, there's no way to overcome her sense of superiority. This leads to undreamed-of-misfortunes.

Words of wisdom passed down by great MGTOW of the past. The protagonist is a whipped pussy knight, but the takeaways the author leaves you with seems pretty MGTOW imo. Thought I'd share and that this sort of thing would be neat to read.