Warren Farrell Quotes

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Warren Farrell

Profession : Writer

Birth : June 26, 1943

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

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I don't have children that I've lost in a bitter custody dispute. But I see an enormous wound in kids due to a lack of their dads.

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I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.

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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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Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

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I found that women entrepreneurs earn 50% less than their male counterparts.

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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.

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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

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Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.

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A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.

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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.

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I definitely agree with choices for women, but I do not agree with choices for women when they eliminate choices for men. Rather, I think that the sexes need to make choices that lead to the maximum amount of win-win for both sexes.

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I'm not saying that men make better fathers than women do mothers.

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I am always someone who follows the research more than my self-interest. It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.

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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.

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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.

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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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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

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There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.

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Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards.

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