Gaston and the First Thotianas
Beauty and The Beast got everything right.
In the last few years a lot of attention has been brought back to Beauty and The Beast. People like Jordan Peterson have broken down in great detail why a man should be like the Beast, and why women should seek a husband like him. Capable of extreme danger, but constrained.
In episode 22 we talk about Gaston, Beauty and the Beast and why its relevant. Here we break it down a bit more.
With the rise of the Masculinity Hustlers across the social media space, we need to take another look at Gaston, and why it’s so important to understand who he is and what he represents.
Gaston is a perfect representation of todays Masculinity Hustlers
Gaston enters the movie with his chest puffed out, strutting like a rooster. He’s declared himself the most valuable man in town. He even has his own little beta simp following him around. Sound familiar?
Across TikTok, the podcast circuit or your social media platform of choice, there are Masculinity Hustlers everywhere. Con men mostly, selling men the idea that they need to thump their chests and demand subservience from women. They derive their authority from their penis and declare themselves high value men, not from any objective measure of value, but rather from their own ego.
Their declarations are beyond ridiculous. A woman’s only value is her looks, a man should sleep with hundreds of women before marriage, that a man should cheat on his wife, build a harem. A list of things guaranteed to end in alimony, child support and herpes.
The moment you dare to imply that a woman has value beyond her looks, or that a woman might be intelligent and should be respected, you are instantly deemed a simp and a feminist. God forbid you want a wife that is more than a semen collection point that does the dishes.
He doesn’t want Belle, he wants his body count
In Gaston’s first encounter with Belle he mocks her for reading. She’s a woman, she has no reason to read. This is perfectly analogous of how the Masculinity Hustlers are telling women, you don't need to educate yourself, it's pointless, men don't find that attractive.
They're not entirely wrong that men don't find those traits attractive in women per se, but the extent to which they go to is an extreme position.
So why does he want Belle?
Belle stands out amongst the town as weird. She’s always reading, it’s central to who she is. He doesn't respect any of her personality traits. If Gaston doesn’t want a woman that reads why does he want Belle? Because she’s the only challenge in town. She’s the only thing he can’t have. She’s the prettiest and she said no, therefore his ego demands that he must conquer her.
Again, this is not unlike the Masculinity Hustlers who want a wife that's a perfect ten in looks and doesn't care about literally anything else. No concern for her personality, intelligence or competency. So long as she is hot and obedient, that is all that matters. If a woman steps out of that frame they will tear her down in an instant.
The Triplets are the Thotianas
The three triplets in town, who are just falling over themselves for Gaston, are the first Thotianas. They can't tell the difference between him and the Beast, not in the way that Belle can. They think that his prestige, money, and looks equate to high value. Not unlike todays Thots.
But what does a marriage to Gaston look like? It looks like exactly what a marriage to one of these modern-day Masculinity Hustlers looks like. He’s going to cheat on you, be overbearing and order you around. He’s likely to be abusive, emotionally, verbally and possibly physically.
The Belle types will look at this as unacceptable. The Thotianas won’t care. They’re braindead bimbos, but so long as they have a man with money, looks and prestige (or the perception of prestige) then how they are treated doesn’t matter.
We’re seeing this develop in real time. Men are creating harems of mentally unstable and low IQ women, i.e. Thots. They’re easy prey and all to willing to fall in line to any man (albeit over six foot and six figure income) who will have them.
It’s a real hellscape to try to have a harem of brain dead bimbos, but that's what these Masculinity Hustlers are pushing. Trying to keep these types of women in line will stop you from achieving any level of greatness. It will only lead to endless drama and eventual bankruptcy.
A man cannot afford to have a stupid wife.
You can’t unsee it
Anytime I see these Masculinity Hustlers on social media or on a podcast, all I see is Gaston thumping his chest, putting Belle down while telling her that she should be submissive to him. Once you see it, you can’t take them seriously anymore.
The cost of being Belle
The movie of course ends with Belle marrying The Beast and living happily ever after. But what happens in real life when Belle doesn’t find her Beast? The short answer is that she chooses to die alone.
The Boomer generation was the first generation where women could really build a career and be financially independent from men. When you look at the unmarried, whether by divorce or never married, Boomer women have opted to die alone over settling for a beta male.
The Belle type women are still hypergamous, but with added demands. They still want a successful and masculine man, but they also want to be respected for their own accomplishments.
The cost of being Belle is that only a small percentage of men are viable husbands. Be it because she doesn’t find them acceptable, or because men don’t want to deal with or compete with her. It’s a combination of both. But the obvious and unavoidable side effect of having high standards is that it disqualifies more and more people.
This should be obvious, since the point of having high standards is to disqualify people and narrow your options. Somehow, in todays world, women have missed this. There is a fantasy among the Belles and Thotianas that high standards comes with plentiful options. In the real world, you get one or the other.
Being Belle comes with the risk of dying alone. And as Boomer women, and soon Gen X women are showing us, If she can’t find her Beast she will choose to die alone before settling for Gaston or LeFou. You’ve seen this trope play out in sitcoms for years. Hot forty year old divorced mother dating loser forty year old beta. It’s funny for a few episodes, but eventually she leaves him because beta men are unbearable.
This trope is real, only by time these women hit their fifties, they decided dying alone is better. They give up on finding their Beast and instead settle in for their final years. SSRIs, wine, peanut butter and a dog. Beta men take note, this is what is out performing you.
This trend isn’t going to reverse itself with Millennials, it will accelerate and grow. Despite the continuous crying about the glass ceiling and gender pay gap, Millennial women have more degrees and are out earning men. Consequently, they're less likely to date men who don't meet their financial and educational standards. This is going to have very predictable results as they hit their forties.
What does Belle do?
This dilemma has led to two opposing schools of thought. On one side, there are those who argue that women should avoid higher education to maintain better options in the dating world. On the other hand, women are declaring they shouldn’t have to lower their standards, and instead men need to ‘step up’. Why men can’t simply ‘step up’ is a whole other topic, but the TLDR is that when you elevate women by beating men down, there is no ‘stepping up’.
As far as the Belles are concerned, they don't need to make themselves "stupid" to find love. Instead, they should view self improvement for the trade-off that it is. While pursuing higher education and career success may reduce the number of "eligible" men, it also helps women identify and eliminate underachievers and abusive men from their lives.
The cost of being a modern-day Belle is the realization that the dating pool will shrink as her education and income increase. This leaves a smaller pool of men who are deemed suitable partners, with competition from Thotianas for these more qualified men. Rather than viewing this as a detriment, it's crucial to see it as a natural consequence of self-improvement and personal growth.
It is worth noting that men, specifically hyper performing men, get much farther in life with a Belle then with a Thotiana. The cost of marrying a stupid women is far to high for any man that wants a high level of success. Far better to marry a Belle than to be battling day drinking, pill popping drama on a daily basis.
It is worth noting that the extreme end of the Belles, or dare I say the Belle-curve, leads to the hyper career focused women. TLDR: These women are almost always unbearable, as they come with a man-hating chip on their shoulder and have none of Belles feminine charms. If the pursuit of education and career means sacrificing your femineity you missed the point of being Belle.
Being Belle doesn’t have to be a Curse
The sad reality is that many Belle’s will spend their last forty years alone and invisible. It doesn’t have to be that way. Women need to recognize this and actively choose her path at an early age.
Find a man that is coming up in life, a man with potential (not Gaston, LeFou or a Masculinity Hustler) in his early twenties. Invest your prime years and build WITH him. Get him as invested in you as you are with him, have kids, build a life together. Encourage him to become a great man, and not sidelined into Indolent Inceldom™, because all the women are chasing Gaston and society makes him weak. Belles already have this unique ability to recognize potential in a man - use it.
In other words, Build your Beast
