MGTOW In Cinema: James Bond

Thorium: A retrospective on the MGTOW credentials of 007, along with the two most oft-cited criticisms labelled at the character and franchise. Sexual politics from the perspective of a man, for a change.


Links:

Backlot Bitch: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/draft-b...

James Bond and Philosophy: http://www.amazon.com/James-Bond-Phil...

Partial Transcript:

Hello everyone, Thorium here. Welcome to the first entry in my look at prominent men in cinema, and how they may be viewed retrospectively through the MGTOW lens.

We begin with perhaps the most divise figure of them all: Women want him, Men want to be him, and Feminists fucking despise him. It is none other than double-o-seven.

We shall start by examining some of the more common criticisms of Mr. Bond and his cinematic exploits, and in turn, consider whether or not Britain's most iconic secret service agent can be considered a true role model to MGTOW men everywhere.

Criticism number one: female characters are disposable.

In an article from bitchmagazine.com entitled 'Backlot Bitch: The Trouble with James Bond and Skyfall', Monica Castillo writes: "once getting to the bad guy's evil secret island, she (Severine) is killed off as a show of bad guy's lack of regard for life. Bond reacts with some violence, but it's pretty much curtains for Sévérine. There's no mention of her after, feeding again the series' trope of women as disposable. Like I said: so many problems."

Here is the scene in question:

What Monica fails to mention, is that the entire plot of Skyfall revolves - ultimately - around Bond protecting M who, need I mention, is a woman - a woman with greater authority than himself, might I add. Monica also neglects to acknowledge any of the thirty, forty, fifty men booted from this mortal coil in every Bond film: the henchman. Furthermore, as far as the state is concerned, Bond himself is disposable. There are disposable men and women; there are indisposable men and women.

A MGTOW man must break from society's expectation of him as disposable. In this, Bond fails.

A MGTOW man must repudiate gynocentrism, including the expectation that he will sacrifice himself for the sake of a woman. In this, Bond succeeds.


Criticism number two: Bond is a compulsive womaniser.

Any and all critiques of James Bond will, without exception, include the accusation that he is a dirty, dirty womaniser. And they would be right.

The definition of a womaniser - for what it is worth - is as follows: "a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them".

A rather pleasant notion, wouldn't you agree? It does make one wonder, however, if the big-wigs at Feminist HQ are familiar with the old adage: 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'? Since we are forever being reminded how terribly unfair it is for promiscuous woman to be described as sluts, yet, evidently, it is perfectly acceptable to describe a promiscuous man as a 'womaniser' in the most perjorative way possible.

I feel confident in stating that Bond is most demonstrably a class-a womaniser - something to which we all hope to aspire. Bond is able to enjoy brief sexual relations with many young women, seldom entering into relationships. He has no children, is unmarried - with the exception of a very, very brief union during On Her Majesty's Secret Service - and does not co-habit. In this, Bond succeeds.