Warren Farrell Quotes

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• When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

  Warren Farrell

  Commitment, Independence, Marrying

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• The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a construction site.

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  Dirty, Men, Law

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• I am often asked why men don't get as worked up as they might about women - particularly poor women - having to use their bodies as prostitutes. Because most men unconsciously experience themselves as prostitutes every day - the miner, the firefighter, the construction worker, the logger, the soldier, the meatpacker - these men are prostitutes in the direct sense: they sacrifice their bodies for money and for their families.

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  Sacrifice, Men, Construction Workers

  "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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• The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.

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  Men, Weakness, Facade

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The myth of male power: why men are the disposable sex”

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• Feminism justified female victim power by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.

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  Feminism, Males, Female

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The myth of male power: why men are the disposable sex”

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• When men in relationships have more money, we say they have the power. When women in relationships have more money, we say they are being used.

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  Men, Used, More Money

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• If women really earned fifty-nine cents to the dollar for the same work as men, what business could compete effectively by hiring men at any level?

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  Business, Men, Competition

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• But when feminists suggest that God might be a She without suggesting that the Devil might also be female, they must be opposed.

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  Feminist, Devil, Female

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• Male bashing is everywhere. It would be a mistake to view the current situation as another skirmish in the war between the sexes. Women have been doing the shooting, and men have been burying their heads in the sand, hoping the bullets will miss.

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  Sex, War, Mistake

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• Our choice of partners is one of the clearest statements about our choice of values.

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  Choices, Partners, Statements

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• Men are not only women's unpaid bodyguards, they actually pay to be a woman's bodyguard.

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  Men, Pay, Bodyguard

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The myth of male power: why men are the disposable sex”

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• Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.

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  Men, Vindictive, Rejected

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• A man cannot tell whether a woman is in love with him or his security blanket until she is financially and psychologically independent enough to leave. Until a woman has learned how to leave, even she cannot be sure she has learned to love.

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  Independent, Men, Enough

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• Falling in love is biologically natural; sustaining love is biologically un-natural. Sustaining love requires a learned discipline. The discipline of love. The discipline of understanding our partner. (I've never heard someone say I want a divorce - my partner understands me.)

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  Falling In Love, Divorce, Love Is

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• I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.

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  Men, Gone, Poor

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• Asking the legal system to resolve divorce is like asking a boxing coach to be our marriage counselor.

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  Divorce, Boxing, Legal System

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• We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman's life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb; then why would we allow a woman to determine a man's life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?

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  Men, Thinking, Fetus

  "Father and Child Reunion". Book by Warren Farrell, 2001.

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• In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.

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  Men, Sound, Nails

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• The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

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  Keys, Wealth

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• Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.

  Warren Farrell

  Men

  Interview with J. Steven Svoboda, www.menweb.org. 1997.

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• It would be hard to find a single example in history in which a group that cast more than 50 percent of the vote got away with calling itself the victim... Women are the only 'oppressed' group to share the same parents as the 'oppressor'; to be born into the middle class and upper class as frequently as the 'oppressor'; to own more of the culture's luxury items than the 'oppressor'.

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  Class, Luxury, Parent

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The myth of male power: why men are the disposable sex”

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• The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.

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  Children, Father, People

  "Father and Child Reunion". Book by Warren Farrell, 2001.

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• I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

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  Males, Definitions, Earning

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• A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator for only 29% of women, versus 76% of men. Women prioritized flexibility, fulfillment, autonomy and safety.

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  Technology, Men, Mba

  "Are Women Earning More Than Men?". www.forbes.com. May 12, 2006.

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• In a sense, sexual harassment lawsuits are just the latest version of the female selection process allowing her to select for men who care enough for her to put their career at risk; who have enough finesse to initiate without becoming a jerk and enough guts to initiate despite a potential lawsuit. In the past, though, the process of his overcoming her barriers was called 'courtship.' Now it is called either 'courtship' or 'sexual harassment'.

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  Past, Men, Careers

  "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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