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Originally Posted by Alf

So now we know what the Red pill is, who are these men you're talking about?

Redpill was (is?) a movement that started on Reddit, yes the name is taken from "taking the red pill" in The Matrix. As you say, "Taking the Red Pill" is a metaphor for accepting and embracing harsh reality, where the Blue Pill is a metaphor for accepting a comfortable, but unfulfilling, prison.

What these fellas believed, is that they were oppressed and "made weak" by women / shackled by... basically... having to be decent. They "took the Red Pill" and accepted (basically) that "blokes are supposed to be dominant", and used that "reality" as an excuse to use manipulation and pick-up techniques to shag around and essentially treat women like dirt, and then crow about it to each other.

I believe there was also a "red pill in marriage" movement that essentially amounted to married men "expressing their dominance" in ways that amounted to little more than spousal abuse.

Not nice chaps I'm sure you'll agree, Alf. Even Reddit shut down the main Red Pill forum, and Reddit allows A LOT.