The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi

Pg 7 the Soul-mate Myth is ridiculous - Its psychologically much more pragmatic to construct to construct another person to fit that ideal than it ever will be to "wait for fate to take its course." People subscribing to the myth would rather build a soul-mate, consequences be damned

Pg 8 Control in a healthy relationship passes back n forth as desire and need dictate for each partner. In an unhealthy relationship you have an unbalanced manipulation of this control by a partner

Pg 14 Whether in a monogamous marriage or a one night stand, strive for genuine desire in your relationships. Half of the battle is knowing you want to be with a woman who wants to please you, not one who feels obligated to. You will never draw this genuine desire from her by overt means, but you can covertly lead her to this genuine desire

Pg 15 You need to cultivate an element of unpredictability about yourself prior to and into a LTR. Remember, perfect is boring. Women will cry a river about wanting "Mr. Dependable" and then go off and bang "Mr. Exciting"

Pg 15 Youre controllable and predictable so long as youre pudgy and listless, would other women want you? Start changing your patterns, get into shape, make more money, get a promotion, improve and demonstrate you higher value in some appreciable way and the imagination and competition anxiety returns

Pg 18 Proactive cheating is the Single Mommy Dilemma. This form of cheating relies on the woman breeding with a Good Genes male, bearing his children and then abandoning him, or having him abandon her, in order to find a Good Dad male to provide for her and the children of her Good Genes partner to ensure their security

Pg 21 Porn is a buffer against rejection. Porn doesnt talk back, porn doesnt need a few drinks to loosen up nor does porn require and social skills to produce rewards. Its convenient, immediate, sexual release that requires nothing more than a PC and internet connection

Pg 22 As a man, you are going to face rejection in far more facets of your life than just dealing with women. The buffers you learn in one aspect of your life will be just as encumbering when theyre transferred to another aspect of your life.

Pg 27 You are not Alpha because of your achievements, you have your achievements because you are Alpha

Pg 40 A man with options has power, and from these options and this sense of power, a natural sense of confidence will manifest itself. A man without options becomes necessitous and this leads to a lack of confidence and a scarcity mentality. Necessitous men are never free

Pg 56 Even when a woman has no intention of ever becoming sexual with a "maybe" guy, his attention still has some value to her. It appeals to the long term prospective for security thats a continuous subroutine running in he hindbrain and is the psychology behind hypergamy

Pg 65 The "lets just be friends" rejection is a Social Convention that has classically ensured a woman can reject a man yet still maintain his previous attention. It also puts the responsibility for the rejection back on his shoulders since, should he decline the offer of friendship, he is the responsible for entertaining this friendship

Pg 69 Rejection is better than Regret

Pg 83 "When I have the time, I actively hunt down articles that I know I will disagree with. I think its far too easy to get locked into the habit of seeking out bloggers, articles and statistics that reaffirm our own particular views

Pg 87 Women dont want a man who'll do everything she says because this sends the message that this man can be bought with even the prospect of a sexual encounter. Women want to be told "no" and test a mans resolve in order to affirm that shes made the right choice of a guy who'll put his sexual impulse on hold to stick to his own self-interest, beliefs and ambitions

Pg 122 A womans Sexual Market Value peaks at around 22-23yrs old. A mans Sexual Market Value peaks at around 35-36yrs old

Pg 148 Women communicate covertly, men communicate overtly. Men convey information, women convey feeling. In relating information, men prioritize content, women prioritize context

Pg 231 Its been postulated that for a healthy relationship to exist, the man must be recognized by the woman to be 1-2 points above her own Sexual Market Value

Pg 275 Nothing is more threatening yet simultaneously attractive to a woman than a man who is aware of his own value to women

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