Warren Farrell Quotes - Page 9

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• Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search--for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.

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  Identity, Males, Midlife

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

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• Employers are not prohibited from practicing sex discrimination in hiring and promoting employees.

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  Sex, Discrimination, Employers

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

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• Sexual harassment legislation feels unfair to men because if they sued over an ethnic joke, or over a woman discussing pornography or asking them out, they'd be laughed out of the company.

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  Men, Asking, Unfair

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

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• I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.

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  Men, Emotional, Males

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

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• The Female Western is the battle between the good and evil methods of getting the men who perform best.

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  Men, Evil, Battle

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

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• Women attempt suicide more often because they want to become the priority of those they love rather than always prioritizing them.

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  Suicide, Priorities, Want

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

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• Men tuned into women but not tuned into their own hurts usually retained the attitude that women needed special protection.

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  Hurt, Attitude, Men

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

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• I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.

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  Littles, Mystery, Infinite

  "Bridges to Heaven: How Well-Known Seekers Define and Deepen Their Connection with God". Book by Jonathan Robinson, 1994.

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• For me, the massiveness of what I don't know is one way I experience God. It creates in me a feeling of humility and a sense of gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Humility, Feelings

  "Bridges to Heaven: How Well-Known Seekers Define and Deepen Their Connection with God". Book by Jonathan Robinson, 1994.

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• Both parents' rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.

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  Children, Growing Up, Rights

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

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• Together, we came to understand how we beg men to express feelings, but then when men do express feelings, we call it sexism, male chauvinism, or backlash.

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  Men, Feelings, Together

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

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• The 'enduring theme' [in fiction] of male competition and female competition for the hero/survivor has taken us from the fittest surviving to the brink of no one surviving. Sex roles have gone from functional to dysfunctional almost overnight. This is why the enduring theme must be questioned now.

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  Sex, Taken, Hero

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

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• Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.

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  Son, Boys, Men

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• Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.

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  Weed, Teaching, Princess

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

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• The sexist perception that violence by anyone against only women is anti-woman while violence by a woman against only men is just generic violence creates a political demand for laws that are even more protective of women.

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  Men, Law, Political

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

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• The only men who aren't in fear of women's reactions are usually men who aren't born or who are dead.

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  Men, Reactions, Born

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

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• [This is] the basis of the Innocent Woman Defense the Innocent Woman Principle:;: Women are believed when they say they are innocent of violence and most easily doubted when they say they are guilty of violence.

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  Violence, Principles, Defense

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

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• It is important that a woman’s “noes” be respected and her “yeses” be respected.

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  Important

  "The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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• Being forced into early retirement can be to a man what being "given up for a younger woman" is for a woman.

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  Retirement, Men, Given

  Warren Farrell (1993). “The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex”

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• The teenage female has less demand to perform and more resources to attract love. Her body and mind are more genetic gifts.

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  Teenage, Mind, Female

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

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• During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives - they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.

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  New York, Husband, Years

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

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• In brief, we do more research on men in prison, men in the military, and men in general than we do on women for the same reason we do more research on rats than we do on humans.

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  Military, Men, Research

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

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• Ideally there should not be a men's movement but a gender transition movement; only the power of the women's movement necessitates the temporary corrective of a men's movement. And this creates a special challenge for men: There are few political movements filled with healthy people, yet few healthy changes have occurred without political movements.

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  Men, People, Political

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

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• By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women to run to the Government as Substitute Husband (or Father). This gets companies to fear women, but not to respect women. The best preparation we can give women to succeed in the workplace is the preparation to overcome barriers rather than to sue: successful people don't sue, they succeed.

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  Running, Husband, Father

  Warren Farrell (1993). “The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex”

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• Sometimes I have a feeling, when I look back on my life, that all I've been through has prepared me perfectly for just what I'm doing now.

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  Feelings, Looks, Sometimes

  "Bridges to Heaven: How Well-Known Seekers Define and Deepen Their Connection with God". Book by Jonathan Robinson, 1994.

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