The Rational Male - Preventive Medicine

Back when I was a teenager living with my parents, there was an old paperback from the 70's called Passages gathering dust on one of the bookshelves. I browsed through it once or twice, and while I couldn't really relate to most of the stuff, I did think it was neat how it laid out a road map for how men and women change in their personalities and goals as they age. Well now, Rollo Tomassi has taken this one step further, and written the definitive life-stage guide for a masculine man living in a feminized 21st century world. Let me be clear: this book is BETTER than the original Rational Male. The first one was a great book in its own right and maybe had more important fundamental concepts but it had no clear organizational structure and read more like a series of loosely related blog posts. This one knows where it is going. The book focuses on the life stages of women and how they go from being crazy for hawt guys but somewhat unaware of their power in their teen years to the party years of the 20's to the panic that sets in around 30 to the epiphany where they rationalize that they finally realize how much they appreciate the comfort and provider aspects of men. Although the focus is on women, men are included indirectly since many of their decisions are based of optimization of intimate encounters with said women. The later chapters do, in fact, go into greater detail about how men should respond to all of this in their outlook and important decisions. I interact with girls/women of all ages from teen through college coed through bitter 30's-40's as a result of a variety of social hobbies and Tomassi's descriptions seem pretty accurate. No matter what your stage in life, you can benefit by knowing women's "angle" and not falling into their frame and thereby making decisions that will continue to haunt you down the road. To sum this book up, it made me recall an experience from a couple years back. I was in my hometown for Christmas and paid a visit to an old high school friend at his law firm. He married a tall stunning blonde southern belle right out of college, has a high-paying attorney job, is in the process of building a big new house in the right neighborhood, and has two bright young sons. Meanwhile, I was invisible to desirable women through college and all my 20's. I have an ok job but not particularly lucrative or prestigious, and I fill a lot of my time with reading, team sports, and other hobbies to fill the lack of a family life. Strangely enough, though, there was a slight tinge of regret in my friend's voice as he told me that he envied my freedom. At the time, I thought he was just being nice so as to not draw attention to our relative social status, but after reading this book, I realize he was probably serious. It's not that he doesn't love his family and success but it is all he has ever known. The wife will continue to make demands on his time and energy and even in a best case scenario, she will never be as sexy or amorous as she was at 22. Meanwhile, while some aspects of my life have, frankly, sucked so far (especially when it comes to women) they are likely to improve a great deal, and I now have this book to thank in part for that.

This book is a great guide to the majority of women and their timeline. I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, and probably other people will say it in the reviews, all men need to read this book. The truth will set you free. Be sure to read the first rational male. Then proceed to this book which is the second installment. If you’ve read the first installment, I highly suggest you read the second installment (this book) it’s less information and you’ll get through the book a lot faster than the first installment. Unplug from the feminine imperative and take control.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" "The Rational Male - Preventive Medicine" is the second volume in The Rational Male series by Rollo Tomassi. The series is centered around understanding and conveying the messages of "The Red Pill"/"Manosophere" movements/philosophies. If you dont know much about these movements/philosophies then I suggest you Google them first and start with the authors first book. This is a gross oversimplification but in essence their a self help movement trying to understand and navigate intergender reltionships/interactions and empower men in a world society that is largely focused on the opposite (disempowering men and empowering woman). "Taking The Red Pill" is basically becoming aware of the true nature of reality (in this case involving the relationships between the two genders) & changing ones behavior to better survive (and hopefully thrive) in said reality. The authors first book was more of a "why" book. This book on the other hand is meant to be a "how"/"heal book". In particular it hones in on the various stages woman & men go through and what their thinking and looking for at the moment in their life (in regard to romance). Very useful to know when considering a potential partner. Futhermore the author goes into self help advice in general to help men (and possible woman) maximize their potential while limiting potential life altering mistakes that many men/woman (especially those who are unaware of the red pill) make. Lastly the author includes a much needed glossary of the terms used in the movements/philosophies so that's a plus. Overall I feel the author delivered on his purpose. My only complaint is that this book is not really "beginner" friendly. So again check out volume one and do a bit of Googling if your new to the movements/philosophies. The book is best read in conjuction with other books. I would start with "The Game" & "Rules of The Game" (especially this one!) by Neil Strauss. Also check out "No More Mr Nice Guy", "Modern Romance" & "The Selfish Gene". These books all fit into the theme of self improvement and understanding and navigating interpersonal relationships. Good book and a potentially life changing one. 5/5.

This is one of those books, which makes you just sit back and think to yourself "Wow, it's now so clear in my head and so correlated by my own experience and experiences of people around me. Why didn't I think of it myself ?" This is how powerful this book is. Step by step this book lays out the stages of man's life and correlating woman's life. Meticulously explaining every little detail of how and why things are the way they are for both sexes as well as how men could better prepare themselves to be on top of their game at every stage, which parts of their game takes priority and why and how to go about improving them. Through and through Rollo never leaves you hanging wondering why something is the way it is, like many other authors making shallow arguments and/or assertions. Rollo always leaves your cup of knowledge full and wanting more of this amazing and groundbreaking information. The only question you have at the end is "Wow, Why didn't I think about it before. It's all so clear now." Highly recommend this to any guy looking for a more clear understanding of how to be more effective with women at any stage of his or her life. This book not only has the answers, but the clarity to transfer this knowledge over to you. It is that powerful. Just give it a chance and it will do wonders for you.

red pill/MGTOW Best in the manosphere to understand Hypergamy!! This is a book for sharing wisdom to younger folk and to immediately voice concerns with others. Talks less about game but more about walking on eggshells in a peculiar environment. This book is better than Paul Elam's book. For Mgtow: briffaults law mature women nonsense Rollo does comment on MGTOW, info will aid you, but at sometimes shallow depth. Since Rollo is from Sosuave and Pook and the mill. Go check out Truthovereverything on Youtube as he is like a bridge from PUA and knows everything! I consider Rollo to be the counterpart to Stardusk in MGTOW. The Rational male is more Psychological, game, plot & circle, and more of a father-figure. While Stardusk, is deeply intellectual, philosophical, evo psych and biological explanatory discussions. Youtube - "Stardusk Rollo" as he jabs. Sandman is more popular than Stardusk. Pay attention!! to the break phase, epiphany & transitory phase for mgtow. Best chapters and segments: open hypergamy and conditioning (1945 must read), social convention. ego investments 1990, equalism 2119 Study the Graphs: Female hormonal 426 Study timeline graphs 628, this is the most important to understand the psychological and biological aspects of female nature The Subdominant Model 1890, back to the plantation beta male! Know your place! Cool quotes: "Alpha seed, Beta need." 464 comical "Betas at the Epiphany – Saving the Best" 1129 PUA's love leftovers! "pre-whipped" 1900 - beta-destined LOL "Hypergamy doesn’t care about equalism or reciprocity." 2179 "think karma's...." 2554- rational male talking about karma, that is not logical Must read as well as his first book. Maybe his next book will be Preventive Suicide. I was a bit disappointed with no mention of the carousel here. Go play games with your hamsters!

This book is a follow up to the original Rational Male book. This book literally provides a timeline that explains how the majority of women conduct themselves during certain ages and what type of men women are attracted to at different ages in their lifetimes. The timeline describes how females act from their teens all the way up to their fifties. It explains how young women in their late teens prefer appearance over status. It explains how their hypergamy gets stronger and they prefer status and money over looks in their late twenties. It explains why women file for a divorce in there forties etc. The book also explains what SMV is and includes graphs to give the reader a better understanding of female and male SMV. The book goes into good detail explaining what to expect when your dealing with a woman of a certain age. You’re supposed to read the book from beginning to end. Afterwards, you can go back and read the chapters describing how a woman that’s the same age as the woman you’re seeing is going to act. Don’t skip chapters and only read the chapters describing how a woman the same age as your girlfriend or wife is supposed to act. Start at the beginning and read the whole book. When you finish the book you can go back and hand pick certain chapters that apply to women that are the same age as the women you’re dating. So, this book is literally a timeline explaining how females age 15 to 50 treat men and how a man is supposed to handle it. The first book was better and more useful. All in all, Preventative Medicine is still a useful book for all men. I’d recommend it to the men in my family and my male friends.

If you want tricks and tactics for successfully meeting girls, this probably isn't your book. But if you want to finally understand that most befuddling of all creatures: "the human female", nothing out there - not a single thing - can come closer to providing you the real truth of things, than the work of Rollo Tomassi. You are what you do. And this is what women do. For years I was a successful hedge fund manager working at some of the world's largest and most prestigious firms. We stayed consistently 5 years ahead of financial research provided by academics through a combination of hard empiricism and thoughtful and unbiased conjecture. That's a recipe for achieving success, and in it's area, it's exactly what this book is too. So when the ridiculous house of cards that is the current academic "thinking" regarding gender relations finally comes crashing down around itself, what it will get replaced with is something that echo's Rollo's writing. Biology and genetics are not social constructs. Men and woman are different in many more ways than the shape of their sex organs. Only a fool would say otherwise. This book offers a counter to that laughably political claim. This book won't make you hate women. But what it will do is make you understand them better. All their beautiful bewildering complexity is explained within, as well as why we men find it so beautiful and bewildering. When you 'take the red pill' and acknowledge the truth about our many differences, you will not only be empowered to improve your life, but will also be in a position to appreciate the tragic lot that is most women's lives in the 21st century. Few books have had such a profound effect on me. Thanks so much Rollo, for going to the trouble. I'll recommend to everyone I know.

After Reading the first book of The Rational Male series, I couldn't wait for a day to start this second one. If the first book is the milk, this second book is the meat. Preventive Medicine was more like Preventive Chemotherapy. As someone who is averse to drugs of any kind, I found a good chunk of this pill incredibly hard to swallow. The chapters on Hypergamy are particularly gag inducing. I'm being metaphorical, because to put it bluntly: Hypergamy as Rollo describes in such awful, disappointing detail is, unfortunately, quite accurate. What I found especially jarring is not the fact that all women are capable of it. It wasn't even the fact that hypergamy can drive a woman to sacrifice everyone and everything, even her own happiness, self-worth, and sanity, to achieve its ideals. It wasn't even the fact that hypergamy is the ever present feminine instinct perfected by eons of biochemical programming, intended for the sole purpose of bringing together the best pairs of human beings to procreate the next generation and propagate healthy members of the species with the highest biological and cultural survivability possible. Oh no. It wasn't even the realization that hypergamy leaves more casualties than it rewards because men, over the years, have lost their edge in a relatively quiet, peaceful, technologically advanced environment. The biggest jarring aspect of hypergamy is that in today's safe, peaceful, enabling society, hypergamy tends to reward only the most ruthless, amoral, cunning, and devious of men. Women today aren't hiding their sexual nature: to be associated with the best men. That is the game. There really is no incentive for a woman to settle with a good man who doesn't raise her body temperature or significantly elevate her social status. That is the game. And the house will guarantee that without the best biological, financial, and psychological cards in your hand, you will lose. Every time. And the best cards are looks, wealth, and game. Lofty ideals like truth, honour, love, kindness, courage, integrity are only valuable among men, and sought after by women only after a man satisfy her primary instinctive desire: A man fit for breeding. Do not be deceived by those who would insist that women can truly value a man for any stretch of time for more than his biological utility. The relationship between male and female has always been first and foremost, sexual. And it is hard for a good man to get laid. Of course, the author doesn't tell you what to do with all this. You have to figure that for yourself. Hate the game and shun womankind. But you can be sure that they will not shun you when society finds some use for you. A laughingstock. A scapegoat. A martyr. An unwilling facilitator of its ideals... Ignore the game and forget you ever knew what it meant to be informed. Return to going through the motions. Trust the system. It has your best interests at heart. So you've been told... There's a third option. Read the Rational Male: Preventive Medicine. Let it's content break your heart and take away your imagined security. "For no man may find his way home, unless he admits he is truly lost, and must confront the horrors of the night."

I loved this book! Eye opener for a man!

Virei fã de Rollo Thomassi, este livro é uma obra que vai tirar você do seu sono profundo de um mundo voltado totalmente para uma sociedade imperialista feminista. O autor por meio de sua experiência de vida explica cada fase da vida da mulher, suas estratégias sexuais, abre seus olhos com verdades de uma sociedade cada vez mais feminista, onde somos condicionados a um padrão de serventia desde a infância a servir esse modelo de forma automática. “Uma mulher nunca deverá ser o foco da vida de um homem.”

Intergender dynamics over life. Invaluable since I have read it at 20. Recommended read for every man that wants to win wirh women

This book opens up one's mind as to how the Venus aliens allowed to mingle with Mars inhabitators ( to understand Venus-Mars relationship, read the book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) and engineered the Mars to be at the receiving end since ages. The author has his own independent knowledge of experience which is helpful in understanding, as to what goes around since man left the ape age (or stone age) with the fairer sex taking unfair advantage ...

La edición mejora con respecto al primero, pero levemente. Sigue siendo un conjunto de artículos de blog puestos en un libro, con una escritura pedante. El tipo de letra está mejorado y el ancho de línea también. Sigue siendo algo lento e incómodo de leer. Sin embargo, de nuevo 5 estrellas porque el contenido sigue siendo tremendo. Fundamental, es una ampliación imprescindible con respecto al primer libro. De hecho, sin este libro, no puedes entender del todo al autor y toda su teoría. Si bien en el primer libro es más una explicación racional crítica de muchos comportamientos, en este libro, en conjunto con el primero, es cuando se torna predictivo del comportamiento humano en las relaciones intersexuales, y es cuando la teoría gana un valor tremendo. Cuando solo tienes una explicación racional a posteriori de un comportamiento, solo tienes "otra teoría más", cuando el modelo no solo es explicativo sino predictivo, sabes que estás en el buen camino. Pon este libro junto con el primero en la lista de tus imprescindibles.