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Is the Red Pill Movement Metastasizing?

Jonathan Morris Schwartz
2 min readJun 16, 2024

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I want to believe most men have morals and principles; I hope that’s not wishful thinking

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Maybe I’m naive.

I’m under the impression that most men — even lazy, videogame addicted, unemployed, couch potatoes — know that women are to be treated respectfully and as our equals.

I hope it’s a small minority of men who treat women as if they’re slaves — demeaning and degrading their humanity and objectifying them sexually (red pill) — but maybe I’m wrong.

If I’m wrong, and most young men want to be just like Andrew Tate, we’re in deep trouble.

To be crystal clear: if you are a young man who believes a woman’s place is in the home and that her primary mission is to make you happy….you are a misogynistic, sexist, fool.

To the young men out there who respect women, but are struggling in school, the workplace, on dating apps, and feel, that because you’re not highly educated, rich, or attractive enough, you’ll never find a woman who will love you….please listen up.

First, as many women have fairly pointed out, we need to put on our big boy pants and stop wallowing in our circumstances…and then, try our best to navigate the following choppy waters:

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Jonathan Morris Schwartz
Jonathan Morris Schwartz

Written by Jonathan Morris Schwartz

Jonathan Morris Schwartz is a speech-language pathologist writing about human relationships, love, politics, philosophy, and consciousness.

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