Men Going Their Own Way - a ideal that men don’t have to live by societal standards when it comes to the concept of relationships, marriage, or parenting.

Men who live by MGTOW beliefs normally keep themselves focused on their own accomplishments and resign to commit to any relationships with women, long-term, or otherwise. Several MGTOW have already been married, so that may be their driving force to this ideal.
See that guy that never worries about what women think about him? That’s cause he’s MGTOW, and follows his own ambition.
by EBreezie October 6, 2020
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A group of men isolating themselves from female contact.

Some of them might hire prostitutes from sex, but in general terms it symbolizes the will of avoiding women for a certain reason.

Some mgtow participants are heartbroken or just virgins who don't want to socialize.

Another ones are men who tried to become seducers or famous, without success.
Others are men working for a championship, working on developing a great project, etc.

The fact that someone is a mgtow doesn't mean that he hates women, it means that he just wants to take a break. It's been enough. Some of them take this break until death. Others take it just a few years until becoming the very best version of themselves.

Being a mgtow is something that only men who understand female psychology can be a part of.
Family and friends: Why don't you have a girlfriend, you are so charming?
You: Thank you sweetheart, I'm working on myself, right now in this period of my life I'm Mgtow.
by Daniel Edison February 12, 2018
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Women said that they need a man as much as fish needs a bicycle. So MGTOW is a group of men who agreed with women and stay away from them completely.
Women: I dont need men, i am a strong independent woman
Men: Ok, I leave and live a MGTOW life
by Red Pill Monk April 2, 2021
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Acronym for "Men Going Their Own Way"
MGTOW is a lifestyle choice in which men decide to not be/get married because of the underlying legal structure which treats men unjustly.
The term "MGTOW men"(also referred to as "MGTOWs" by other MGTOW men and "MGTOW-ers" by outsiders of the group who often erroneously believe that MGTOW is a movement) stands for "men who adopted the MGTOW lifestyle", i.e. men who have chosen to not be/get married because of the underlying legal structure which treats men unjustly. In other words, to be a MGTOW man, a man must consciously choose to not get married and said choice must come from an analysis of the observable reality of a legal structure which is deemed by him unjust. Said analysis is often called "MGTOW philosophy", as in "the underlying philosophical basis of a MGTOW man".
The "MGTOW community" is an extension of the term "MGTOW man" to identify the whole group of MGTOW men.

A "MGTOW monk" is a MGTOW man who has also decided to minimize interactions with women in general. In an alternative diction, MGTOW monks are said "to be going monk mode". "monk mode" is caused by a more generalized analysis than the one done by MGTOW men, usually (but not necessarily) considering the effect of false allegations by women.
"MGTOW 4 LIFE"
"MGTOW is freedom"
"I know that monk mode is the right thing to do, but it's very hard to pull off."
by Darth Invader MGTOW November 8, 2020
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Men going their own way- a movement of men who realized, that society is rather gynocentric than patriarchal.

The movement is under attack from radical left and feminists, who consider the philosophy of MGTOW as threat to their influence over men in general. MGTOW advocates a critical, but not hostile contemplation of women, relationship and society- regarding privilege and rights of men and women.

Like in every group of decent size, there are black sheep who act hateful and resentful towards women and/or completely cut women out of their lives, but those are just a minor group, which faces critiscism from MGTOW members and outsider likewise.

The most common strategy to defame MGTOW, are strawman arguments and ad hominem attacks, who try to ridicule MGTOW as a group of crying babys who never touched a women in their whole live- including birth. Aggressors have a 200% chance to have blue hair, sidecut, a severe personality disorder.
"Those MGTOW men are the worst, they really think its not fair when a women gets half of the mens wealth after a 2 year long marriage."

"MGTOW, what is that? Sounds like this LGBT nonsense"

"Timmy was MGTOW since his Ex Karen dumped him, accused him of rape, and took their children away from him. Since then he focused on his own success, and doesn't give women any chance to take advantage of him anymore."
by TheNudeDude January 23, 2020
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While some members are extremists, this definition is about men who don't think all women are bad but enough bad apples ruin the brunch. If he is respectful, and holds a rational, non extreme view but doesn't want to marry because he fears the chance of losing custody over beloved children, fear of losing his possessions or money, respect his choice.
Better Bachelor is a good example of the non extreme side of MGTOW
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Men who have done a cost benefit analysis and realized that cohabitating with or marrying modern women is not worth it. Often men who have had negative experiences with women in the past. But could also be men who have taken up the lifestyle due to listening to men who got taken to the cleaners in family court. People try to paint them as INCELS or losers because when women want to focus on themselves they are "strong, independent, and empowered" but society loses its mind when men are not slaves to pussy.
Chad's dad lost half his shit, so chad went MGTOW and plans to only lay that pipe but never put a ring on it.
by Zyten March 1, 2021
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