<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://therationalmale.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Rollo Tomassi]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://therationalmale.com/author/counterflow1/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Best of Rational Male – Year&nbsp;Two]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>As you&#8217;ve probably guessed I&#8217;ll be making this another permanent page at the top of RM, so don&#8217;t worry about bookmarking this one for future reference.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting to see the trends in my writing as the year progressed. My focus on Positive Masculinity and personal development seemed to feature more prominently than year one. I&#8217;d attribute that to digesting the posts of year one and considering actionable ways men can learn not only to overcome the feminine-primary environment, but to be better men as a result of it.</p>
<p><em>Casualties</em> (and the followup <em>Soldiers</em>) was my personal favorite this year. I never really appreciated the reach of Rational Male until I was inundated with very personal private correspondence from both active and retired military men relating their struggles with coming to terms with red pill awareness. I&#8217;m glad my words and ideas have been a benefit to these guys.</p>
<p>Bear in mind this is a collection of the best rated posts as well as a few I deemed to be the most important. I kind of hate distilling an entire year of posts down to just a summarized list – personally I think they all deserve consideration and there&#8217;s probably one from this past year, not on the list, that will personally speak to a reader the most.</p>
<h2>The Best of Rational Male – Year Two</h2>
<p><strong>Game</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/04/play-nice/">Play Nice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/14/amused-mastery/">Amused Mastery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/25/your-friend-menstruation/">Your Friend Menstruation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/11/29/friends-like-these/">Friends Like These</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Unplugging</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/11/21/promise-keepers/">Promise Keepers</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Love</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/10/men-in-love/">Men in Love</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/11/of-love-and-war/">Of Love and War</a> (most visited post 2012-13)</li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/10/08/balancing-sexual-pluralism/">Balancing Sexual Pluralism</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Social Conventions</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/09/17/size-matters/">Size Matters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/10/25/generalizations/">Generalizations</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/10/29/the-soul-mate-myth/">The Soulmate Myth</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/11/19/mid-life-crisis/">Mid-Life Crisis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/01/30/choreplay/">Choreplay</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/01/09/nice-like-me/">Nice Like Me</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Feminine Imperative</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/12/03/the-men-in-the-garage/">Men in the Garage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/12/28/sanitizing-the-imperative/">Sanitizing the Imperative</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/02/26/the-crying-game/">The Crying Game</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/03/14/hyenas/">Hyenas</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Positive Masculinity</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/10/02/up-the-alpha/">Up the Alpha</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/12/04/the-couch/">The Couch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/11/26/chauvinism">Chauvinism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/04/09/the-plan/">The Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/04/26/fear-and-freedom/">Fear and Freedom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/05/29/artificial-joy/">Artificial Joy</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Hypergamy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/10/22/casualties/">Casualties</a> (personal best post of 2012-13)</li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/01/21/soldiers/">Soldiers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/11/06/people-are-people/">People are People</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2012/12/11/awareness-and-intent/">Awareness and Intent</a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/02/18/taming-the-beast/">Taming the Beast </a></li>
<li><a href="http://therationalmale.com/2013/03/25/hypergamy-synthesis/">Hypergamy Synthesis</a></li>
</ul>
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