Red Pill Psychology: Psychology for men in a gynocentric world

Peter starts by telling of seminars and conferences he's attended. At those he asks "what are men" and then "what are women" For men the answer was invariably "pigs, dogs, controlling, afraid of intimacy, sexist, power hungry, violent" For women the answer was "strong, capable, empowered, sensitive, nurturing"Then he'd ask them "What's that says about the real nature of sexism and how men and woman are viewed." The result was always confusion, which then turned to anger at him. Those seminars and conferences were for the mental health professionals. That simple question was all it took to turn a room full of mental help professionals into a room full of nonplussed cognitively dissonant faces.The world of psychology has become a weapon for gender politics. Any pretense of objectivity and academic integrity has been forced aside by ideologues with an ax to grind against men. The counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, and like are now trained to see woman as having problems and men to be the problems. These people see men as defective and in need of an overhaul and re-engineering.Men have suffered from over 50 years of feminist oppression and abuse. Men aren't defective, but they have been damaged by that. Men need an overhaul to re-engineer their views and narratives in ways that let them protect themselves from feminism and adapt to survive in this age.This book tells the sort therapy men actually need and how therapy meant for women at best and created by misandrists at worst is useless to men at best and psychologically damaging at worst. Many techniques for self therapy are given in this book. Techniques that help men work through their problems, instead of seeing men as the problem.

This book is amazing! I've had so many unbelievable 'ah-ha!' moments while reading it. I suspected that something was off, something is wrong in modern culture regarding societal attitudes towards men. Somehow I was being played. Somehow women in the dating world, workforce, and elsewhere were playing me, while they themselves played the victims, the oppressed, and acted so innocent and void of wrong-doing. If they're the victims, and never do anything wrong, then why did I constantly feel disrespected, disregarded and taken advantage of? How can men and women be equal, like feminists say they should be, but the man is still expected to provide the lion's share of resources in dating, relationships, marriage, and afterwards? How is it that society constantly portrays women almost never being at fault, while men are seen as hopeless losers and screw-ups? Why is it ok for men to be the butt of jokes, but if a man pokes fun of, or merely disagrees with a woman, he's a sexist, misogynistic pig? Should I really just shut up, stop complaining, and 'be a man'? How can I be a man if men are no longer respected, but are instead denigrated? Is there a better way?This book not only explains what's really going on in the undercurrents of modern society, but it does so convincingly and irrefutably. And, it offers concrete solutions that made me feel hope immediately upon reading them. There is a better way than the status quo of traditional marriage and/or romantic relationships, which leads to ruin, disillusionment, enslavement and heartbreak for so many good men. It's time to throw the baby out with the bathwater, indeed! This book is showing me the way to a better life, where I keep my power, dignity and self-respect. I hope it will give you the peace of mind it gave me.

Alas a book on psychology that properly criticizes the field and adequately describes how and why many of today’s psychologists are nothing more than quacks with their own issues. The one problem I had with this book was how the condition of alexithemia continues to pop up in subsequent paragraphs as if it were not mentioned before. The author frequently explains the position of the psychologist who first mentioned that it was a male phenomenon. WE KNOW what it is and who erroneously claims it’s a male malefactor. Aside from this I agree with the author’s postulation that men are systematically derided and denigrated by society. But just because I agree doesn’t earn it five stars. The book needs to improve a bit. That said, because books like this are so rare, it makes it a worthwhile read for anyone who wants to know what’s really going on in the western world.

Hits the gender dichotomy squarely on the proverbial head with a loud resonant clang! Discusses male/ female dichotomy and dissonance with stunning clarity.

I don’t like the fact I was forced to write a review in orderto continue reading this book. So far so good. A decent read that has you reflect on social norms

Excellent read. Exposes the underdiagnosis of epidemic female narcissism in today's society and calls Levant out on his clear bias.After i read it I gave this book to my 60 something female MHC I've been seeing for years. She lead me down the codependancy explanation, but I see clearly now having read Braiker's book and Shahida Arabi's book, both of which i recommend highlyhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/152370246X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071446729/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I completely lost hope and regret being a man after news and news about female domination, I thought I'll just have to suck it up and live with this whole "female supremacy" thing, but this book explain the psychology about the innocent men's thinking even though the society wants to deny it and infinitely demonize men.

Really helpful articulation of what I've experienced but been unable to say. The section on pathogen disgust and the analysis of Hera and Hephaestus were of particular utility for me.

Peter Wright is very well read and is very transparent in putting his points across, with the equally transparent bridges from societal views of men across the ages. There are some enjoyable and effective anecdotes as well as theories from the world of psychology. He then rather abruptly moves on to greek mythology to illustrate his points towards the end of the book. And though interesting, they do get quite laborious. If he'd have used both Greek and psychological illustrations throughout then it would have been more readable and If you have read into Greek mythology then this last section perhaps wouldn't be as heavy. That aside, great read with some perspectives that men should keep in mind in the current climate.

For me I have been to about 12 different therapists who I always got the feeling that they were not listening and wanted me to change my identity . I truly wish I had read this book when I was younger . It’s like reading a map of my experience. That said it goes on to offer explanations on what you are likelyTo experience and how to deal with it . This is a map for courage and bravery for men when all seems to be lost in the world of gynocentricism

Interesting bookWill have to review again

Fantastic and thought provoking read. A must read and highly recommended.

Not a brilliant book, but certainly thought-provoking. We do need a new narrative for men in the 21st century and this book helps create it.