The Rational Male

Publisher's Summary

The Rational Male is a rational and pragmatic approach to intergender dynamics and the social and psychological underpinnings of intergender relations. The book is the compiled, 10-year core writing of author/blogger Rollo Tomassi from therationalmale.com.

Rollo Tomassi is one of the leading voices in the globally growing, male-focused online consortium known as the "Manosphere". Outlined are the concepts of positive masculinity, the feminine imperative, plate theory, operative social conventions, and the core psychological theory behind game awareness and "red pill" ideology. Tomassi explains and outlines the principles of intergender social dynamics and foundational reasoning behind them.

©2013 George W. Miller (P)2016 George W. Miller

Highly, highly recommend!

This book describes and helps you understand the sociological and psychological reason behind much of what is embedded in our culture in terms of masculinity and feminism.

I am a 22 year old male, in shape, single, and on a successful path in life, therefore I thought I was a prize to women but for some reason, the most of the women I was trying to get with "didn't see it" or I was (in my head) "too mature for they're linear cognitive functioning for our age". There are a few things I was completely missing. Half way through the book I felt my actions changing, mindset changing, and sure enough I have had positive results (I'll save the dirty details). I believe the main reason was that this book gave me the edge of confidence and slight change in mindset that I needed to make it work better for me.

I lacked the understanding of how women worked psychologically, and based my "game" off of the wrong concepts to appeal to women. I already had most of the characteristics necessary to appeal to women, however this book allowed me to do some necessary fine tuning to my 'game'. This book will make you look back and realize where you went wrong in past relations, and why women make the decisions they do, and take the actions they do; even if it seems it makes no since on a functional level.

36 of 38 people found this review helpful

could be better

speed 1.15 otherwise it's slow as hell. chapter 3 about 27 and a half minutes into the chapter I can hear double voices as if one part was taped over the other which has a result of me absorbing neither. please fix this.

28 of 30 people found this review helpful

Every man MUST read this book, several times over.

What did you love best about The Rational Male?

It helped me realize, why as a man I have suffered so much in my life. It was nothing I was doing, I was following all the advice women gave, all the ideas you see in movies, music, I thought women wanted a man who was caring and affectionate, this book helped me realize.. That all my suffering was due from the identification with feminist ideals. The line:A Man's love is unconditional and loves simply for love, a woman's love on the other hand is opportunistic, there's a condition to receiving it. Cut me like a knife....

What did you like best about this story?

The analogy with the matrix, first made me laugh and then question the validity of this book. But as Rollo continues explaining throughout the book and referencing the similarities, that laughter soon turned into a complex set of a emotions that I cannot describe, you realize.. It's true.. We men have been made victims and no one will believe you because, they're part of the system, and just like the matrix, they will fight to preserve it..

What did you learn from The Rational Male that you would use in your daily life?

Once you know this truth.... You cannot go back. You cannot look at women the same and you realize, just how fucked up it is that your needs as a man,were never important to the world, yet your accomplishments is what everyone will relish in..

Any additional comments?

Thank you for this insight..... Thank you for unplugging me from this matrix..

22 of 24 people found this review helpful

Will change your life

This book is terribly organized but it is the best book on the market on the topic of understanding women

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Must read for any man

A must read for any man whether single, divorced, or married. Learn the reasoning behind masculinity being viewed as negative, and how to combat this social dilemma.

16 of 18 people found this review helpful

Good shit

A little too conspiratorial but he makes good points. I think he tries to make sense of many unconscious behaviors displayed. by women but at the same time can be argued in multiple ways

10 of 11 people found this review helpful

Clear display of much needed concepts

This makes it easier to understand the much needed concepts of dating and behaviors needed to maintain a positive attitude towards relationships and avoiding the pitfalls that lead to depression because of entering relationships without the necessary skills needed for overall health including mentally.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Essential to understand love and women

I'd recommend the written version since the narrator doesn't do the book justice, but every male should buy both.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

This should be required for all males to read

This book should be a required read for all boys/men to graduate high school. Mind blowing truth is spoken in this book.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Rollo is the king

Incredible. You're hilarious and you empowered the shit out of me. Pretty new to RedPill but would love to talk sometime. You should put Preventative Medicine on Audible as well - would love to hear more from you boss!

9 of 11 people found this review helpful

Say “yes” now to speak to sales.

I really can’t get on with this book, it isn’t the author it’s the narrator. He sounds like an a computer generated voice with no emotion, monotone, delivered all at the same speed. It makes this book really hard to listen to. This was my first book on audible and I hope there not all like this

9 of 11 people found this review helpful

Eye opening

This is a must for all men especially young men so as to understand women and human nature which will make life much easier

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Brilliant red pill advice.

Hard to swallow at first but is a real eye opener and a must read for all males. My only regret is that I didn't have this book 20 years ago.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Dont take ot as gospel

The book has a lot of merit and actually brings home a lot of truths for the listener to mediate on. My take away is that as men we need to stop suppressing our egos, your ego reflects your self worth, dead this mentality of seeing women as prizes it is you who is a prize. one criticism I have is that the book treats Alpha male and beta male in binary terms when actually it's two sides of a continuum. Also I would argue that the obsession with sex is a Beta mindset in of itself and I think readers should be careful that this book doesn't drive their insecurities of not having enough sex in their early 20's. This book shouldn't be taken as gospel. some of the content will challenge your principles.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Disappointing.

Read on recommendation from a friend fairly new to game. For me the dialogue lacks depth, I found this work very repetitive and quite abstract, this wasn't helped by the narrator sounding like he is reading me a children's story his voice covers far too many octaves, he lacks understanding of when to accentuate and how to convey meaning to the words being read. (There is a clear divide between narrators who have read and understood a piece of work before narrating and those simply blerting out a script).

Practical applications and examples are hardly covered in this book, for me, all you will learn from this book is that female social conditioning is an enemy of male dominance unless you understand it and use it to your advantage. This could have quite simply been summed up in those 19 words I just state written rather than the X amount of hours wasted listening to this audiobook in hope that the magic content (based on so many positive reviews) may at some point surface. It doesn't.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Good read

You will learn from this book and it speaks so much sense, don’t let people have any sort of hold over you. Be strong!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Interesting point of view

Very easy listen. Helps to understand female behaviour. Would recommend to all young men. Great introduction to MGTOW.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

must read for every male

Will change you for the better even if you hate the truth dropped at first.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

outstanding

This has helped me so much. i have this on rotation of audiobooks.

Thank the author for pointing out things I already knew but was too afraid to admit to myself.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Life-changing

The Red Pill was delicious to swallow!

This book crystallises many of my thoughts of the last few years as well as throwing light on some issues I’d never considered. Easily accessible and logical - I would recommend this book to anyone.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful