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  • Written by: Rollo Tomassi
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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

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If the medium is the message...

The narration needs work. I fell asleep a few times. Please consider a better voice for reading. Someone with more passion and dramatic flair? Or is that asking too much?

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who narrated?

it sounds like rollo or a robotic version of him, which is my worst critcisim

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amazing book. great insights into th female nature

wow, can't recommend this book enough to EVERY guy over 15 years of age to read this book. it will save you ages of misery in trying to 'please' the unpleasable womankind. Great read! I feel liberated of all the guilt.

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This is a must read/listen for all men

After two divorced and an unplanned pregnancy (cough cough) all of my questions on what happened are answered. I'm late middle age and have made my bed. I immediately bought print copies and handed them out to my young friends (as well as print copy for myself).

I followed all the rules that society and conditioning promised me would result in a happy ever after. My ex's have an income source, so someone's happy.

I beat myself up for being a failure and was very depressed. I did do things wrong but not how I thought. All the reasons why and how I should have conducted myself are spelled out here.

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Misfit Narration

The narration is, slow, robotic, and doesn't fit the material. Rollo should do it himself.

Past that, the Rational Male is essential reading for all men, especially young men, living in pathologically feminist societies.

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  • 2018-03-10

a struggle to listen to

Listening to this made me cringe. the content was ok, but it seemed like it was written by someone with a limited vocabulary.

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Saved My Life.

I discovered your work when I was 20 years old ( 3 years ago) at the time I was; cynical, lost, depressed, suicidal with no hope. I was raised in a house full of women and the crippling multiple “oneitis” - that would put a halt to my; studies, school, work - are a testament to how much my condition was influenced by this. The unplugging was PAINFUL ( would not wish it on my worst enemy) but THANK God I went through it, otherwise I would not be the man I am today. I am better physically, financially and mentally than I have EVER been. I have a purpose, greater responsibility, stronger relationships with my family and strong male friendships that push each other to improve and hold us accountable. I wish I discovered this at 18 but I am lucky to have found it when I did. I can’t imagine how my life would be without your work. The future is bright and I know the best is yet to come.

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downloaded on the urging of a friend, what a waste

A very good friend of mine highly recommended this book so I really tried to glean some sort of benefit from the 15+ hours invested but eventually had to accept that this brand of junk, self help, make women want you, nonsense is just that. don't make the same mistake I did.... steer clear of this one

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A real eye opener

Awesome book. Excellent job decoding female behaviour. I've already recommended it to several of my friends.

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A must read for a man of any age!

Loved the book! found it to be very insightful with helping me to get a more complete picture of male female dynamics. I highly recommend this book to a man of any age looking to level up in life and better themselves!

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2016-10-18

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.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2017-09-01

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..

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  • CapitalStep
  • 2018-03-14

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.

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  • Alex Younger
  • 2016-09-18

Will change your life

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

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2016-05-20

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.

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  • Miquel
  • 2018-06-09

Self-confidence goes up just by reading this book

I rarelly, if ever, read books twice. I'm thinking about going through this one for the third time now. This book has made me aware, and now immune, to all the shaming that society does to men for just being men. As a student of the mind and human nature, I was quite aware that shame is the most paralyzing and crippling states of mind a person can have. The knowledge and wisdom contained in this book has opened my eyes to social conventions that were totally invisible to me and were feeding that sense of shame. I can say I'm a more confident man after reading it. As the author says, knowing is half the battle. Thank you, Rollo.

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  • Drifter1911
  • 2018-06-09

A lot of good. A lot of bad.

The audio book needs to be played at 2X speed or it is painfully slow.

This is not a book that discusses masculine traits or "how to be a man," but rather how to understand women and position yourself sexually amongst them.

While it correctly discusses hypergamy and the femme-centric narrative, it is far removed from a biblical world view. The author admits this and avoids discussions of morality.

The book is also a loose collection of his blogs. That results in a jumbled, repetitive narrative improperly segmented for clarity of theme and building linear understanding. It is also unnecessarily profane.

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  • frank
  • 2016-04-28

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

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  • Phillip
  • 2016-10-20

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.

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  • Thor
  • 2016-07-29

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.

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  • J.S
  • 2019-05-06

Amazing book

I'm only 18, and I already wish I had read/listen to it earlier.

I totally recommend it if you want to be ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding intersexual relationships.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2023-01-30

be a man

Il y a beaucoup de concept qui m'ont échappé. Sinon à chaud je dirais que c'est un livre qui permet d'avoir une vision de la relation entre un homme et une femme.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2021-12-30

Great content, subpar narration

A very useful and insightful book that's unfourtunately read by an awful narrator. I'd choose the physical copy in this case

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  • BRUNO A.
  • 2019-12-28

Tin foil hat

As most books, the Rational Male has its merits and interesting information/point of views. However, it is mostly delusional, and quite frankly resembles me of those crazy tin foil hat people. At some point, it gets to a point of insinuating that male contraceptive would be as impactful in a society as atomic bombs (?). It was quite painful, but I sat through all the book and it’s endless repetitions. Finally, I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone, if you want something of the same style but still rooted in reality try Mark Manson’s book Models.