AverageGuy.com Code of Honor

This is an important guide for how we operate within this site. It not only applies to the way we treat each other as staff, it applies to the way we treat and respect you, how you treat and respect each other as members and how you treat and respect the women in your life.

This is the code by which all members must act. Violations of the AverageGuy.com Code of Honor are not tolerated and could result in banishment from our site. If you are witness to a violation, please bring it to the staff's attention immediately.

It is the hope that when you read this list you fully agree that what is stated is neither difficult nor asking too much. We are building a community where men are allowed to be men and a place that we can go to get valuable information and commune in an open environment.

These rules are amendable; if you see an addition that needs to be made send it to us, we will review and potentially add to or alter the existing code as we deem appropriate. If you believe that any of the rules are unreasonable the same applies; send us your request and reasoning and we will review and make a decision.

This Code of Honor is not legal mumbo jumbo, this is how we conduct ourselves within our world and expect you to do the same in yours.

1. Honesty - Lies in an attempt to make yourself look better or to have your opinion heard is coward's behavior. As a group, no one benefits from exaggerations or lies. It is expected that all members and staff, when telling of their accounts and advice, will have tested the methods and provide honest responses and communication. We choose to speak the truth.

2. Respect - Degrading, trying to one up, name calling and any other behavior that does not support a fellow member or staff will not be tolerated (of course we do allow some good natured trash talking.......after all, we're guys). We are all in this as a team; this is a place where all men have the right to support and growth. That includes asking all types of questions and making big mistakes (we call those learning opportunities). If you are truly masculine and confident as we want all of us to be then you will respect the learning place that each man is in and give to each man the respect he deserves. We choose to respect one another.

3. Brotherhood - This is a place for men to reach out to each other, get advice from different perspectives and grow. It is understood that some members will get along better with other members, but this is not a place for childish cliques and segregation. Building friendships based on similar goals and values are highly encouraged. We choose to create a brotherhood among our members.

4. Good Intent - Giving information, advice, or tools that are not going to benefit an individual for amusement or to test a theory at the expense of another is not acceptable. Testing theories is highly encouraged so long as all the individuals involved know and understand that it is a test. We exist here for support and growth; malicious behaviors disrupt that growth and are not acceptable. We give advice with the best of intentions realizing that not everything we as staff or individuals give as advice may work as planned for everyone that tries it. We choose to give advice with the best of intentions.

5. Abusive, Cruel, or Vindictive Actions Towards Women are Forbidden - This community will not tolerate any of its members that demonstrate abusive (verbal or physical) behavior towards women. It will not be tolerated if any member of this community uses the material or advice in this site to maliciously deceive or otherwise unkindly manipulate women. It is the intention of this community to create masculine, confident, powerful men; we true men have no use for tricks or controlling behavior. We will act according to the Code of Honor and apply the principles of Honesty, Respect, and Good Intent to our dealings with women as well. We choose to create a safe and inviting environment for the women in our lives.

We the staff of the AverageGuy.com team will continuously learn and grow to provide you with the best possible information and tools. It is our promise that all the materials, products and seminars are created for you the members with the Code of Honor in mind each and everyday. We ask you to hold us accountable to our promise as we intend to hold you and ourselves to the AverageGuy.com Code of Honor.

Good day to you, brothers.