Warren Farrell Quotes
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As feminism made this transition from equal opportunity to unequal opportunism, I made my transition from supporter to critic. But in my inner psyche, there was no transition: I went from supporter of equality to supporter of equality.
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Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control.)
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If we want our children to have a balance between their abilities to earn money and show love, it will help if both their parents model that balance. – page 114.
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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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The solution to all this is not criminalization but resocialization.
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During what years should a child be introduced to better ways of giving and receiving criticisms – to what I call 'relationship language'? Before school age. The best teacher? Parents.
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No legend told its children of beautiful princesses falling in love with conscientious objectors.
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Notice that much of what men do is also done by single mothers so appreciating what men do also helps us appreciate what single moms do.
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Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves-thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that’s not a bad start.
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A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
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We often think that when a man insults another man by calling him a 'girl,' the insult reflects a contempt for women. No. It reflects a contempt for any man who is unwilling to make himself strong enough to protect someone as precious as a woman.
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Contract killings never get recorded as a woman killing a man.
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The rules of sexism do not free men from the terror of violence; they only keep men from complaining about it.
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We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'
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When we look at the pay of men and women who do work equal hours, two discoveries are quite astonishing: -When women and men work less than 40 hours a week, the women earn more than the men; -When men and women work more than 40, the men earn more than the women.
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What is the impact on our children of this international 'Sisterhood is Victimhood' bonding?
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In brief, when a man fails as a wallet, we put him in prison; when a woman fails as a mother, we offer her social services. We’re taking a criminal approach to men, a social services approach to women.
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On a deeper level, if our sons are learning they are obscene, disgusting, and untrustworthy, is this the best preparation for fatherhood? And is it the best preparation for becoming a mother - to feel this way about her son?
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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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Survey 2001: Men who never married, never had a child, worked full time and were college educated earn only 85% of what women with the same criteria earn.
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We need to fund relationship language in our schools so that future parents will know how to communicate about whether they want children; to communicate with the children they have, and teach their children how to communicate with the world. Technical progress without social skills is a Tower of Babel.
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Both sexes had an unconscious investment in keeping men from expressing feelings of fear and vulnerability.
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In the future, women will increasingly want nurturer-connectors, since part of what he will be nurturing is her ability to protect herself.
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When we add the devaluation of male values to the demonizing of male sexuality, many boys feel like a pervert before they know who they are.