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Never Explain Game to Women

Never Explain Game to Women

Women want to play the Game, they don’t want to have the Game explained to them.

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Jul 01, 2025
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In July of 2022 I had a talk with Jedidiah Bila. A few topics of discussion stood out in this show. People wonder why I don’t do “debates” with every new influencer who wants to make a name for themselves by challenging my character – rarely my work – and then proceed to talk over and past me at every uncomfortable point I make. Going on Jedidiah’s show and then playing ‘gotcha!’ with a now-expired Christian influencer for two hours on Adam Sosnick’s show reminded me why I don’t bother with disingenuous critics.

Back then, Jed blanketed me with “Not all women are like that” (NAWALT) responses to every assertion I made. After 20+ years in the Manosphere, the rationales and cope never change. Women will always presume their experience is the universal one. This means that any woman can speak for all women because solipsism is baked into their psyches. The idea that another woman might disagree with their universal assessment isn’t even an afterthought. An unflattering collective truth about women’s nature is that an attack on the individual woman’s ego is an attack on womankind. Whataboutism, thy name is woman.

One thing I was reminded of in my time with Jedidiah was the importance of never revealing the Game to women. It is always a mistake to explain the game of intersexual dynamics to women. I’ve written essays about this since 2014. Back then I added a caveat; never talk about Red Pill concepts with women you want to get intimate with. If you didn’t care whether you ended up in bed with her or you were trying to hold a woman accountable for whatever reason, then have at it. By now you should know you’ll never reason a woman into bed with you. Reason and virtue are anti-seductive because they rely on logically convincing a woman to sleep with you. Seduction is about emotional appeals. Women want to feel like they want to bang you. That means playing the Game with them to prompt those feels. Explaining Game to women triggers the observer effect.

Women want to play the Game, they don’t want to have the Game explained to them.

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