What is MGTOW and is it toxic content?

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What is MGTOW and is it toxic content?

It’s an acronym for “men going their own way,” in reaction to certain men being scorned, used, taken advantage of, etc. by women.

It grossly generalizes women, assuming it is inevitable that only negativity will result from a relationship with a woman—and therefore, as a defense, adherents to this ideology seek to avoid intimate relationships with women.

It could very well be a toxic ideology. I certainly don’t believe in it.

Men Going Their Own Way is an anti-feminist, misogynistic, mostly online community advocating for men to separate themselves from women and from a society which they believe has been corrupted by feminism.  The community is a part of the manosphere, a collection of anti-feminist websites and online communities that also includes the men's rights movement, incels, and pickup artists.

Like other manosphere communities, MGTOW overlaps with the alt-right and white supremacist movements, and it has been implicated in online harassment of women.  The Southern Poverty Law Center categorizes MGTOW as a part of the male supremacist ideology.

Yes, it is a very toxic ideology.

Source:  This Wikipedia Article