Warren Farrell Quotes

A collection of quotes by Warren Farrell.

Warren Farrell is an American author, educator, and advocate for men's rights. He was born on June 26, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York. Farrell has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Montclair State University and a Doctor of Education in higher education from New York University.

Farrell began his career as a feminist, serving as the Director of National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York City in the 1970s. However, he eventually shifted his views and became an advocate for men's rights, challenging traditional gender roles and advocating for gender equality.

Throughout his career, Farrell has authored several books that discuss gender issues and the challenges faced by both men and women. His notable works include "The Myth of Male Power," "Why Men Earn More," and "The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It."

Farrell is known for his controversial viewpoints and has been both praised and criticized for his ideas. He often engages in public speaking engagements, debates, and interviews to raise awareness about men's issues and promote dialogue on gender equality.

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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between i

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

Perhaps the best reason to consider the hard sciences is tha

Perhaps the best reason to consider the hard sciences is that, well, one study suggests science, engineering, medicine, and dentistry graduates live longer than arts graduates (or law grads). So whatever money you make you can keep a bit longer.

Money Art Science

Choosing safety is a choice of life over career.

Choosing safety is a choice of life over career.

Life Choice

Sometimes I have a feeling, when I look back on my life, tha

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.

Life

In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic f

In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic future. For the first time in human history, the qualities it takes to survive as a species are compatible with the qualities it takes to love.

Time Love History Thetimes

When women are at the height of their beauty power and exerc

When women are at the height of their beauty power and exercise it, we call it marriage. When men are at the height of their success power and exercise it, we call it a mid-life crisis.

Men Life Success Beauty Power Marriage Women

Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same

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.

Love Women

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

Equality

The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political is

The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.

Legal

Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why

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.

Society

I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of dis

I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.

Sports

The only men who aren't in fear of women's reactions are usu

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

Fear

Male bashing is everywhere. It would be a mistake to view th

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.

Men & Women

Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They

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.

Technology

A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive

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

Fear

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people cou

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

Best

The five different areas in which boys are in crisis - educa

The five different areas in which boys are in crisis - education jobs emotional health physical health and fatherlessness - are handled by different portions of the government.

Education

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independen

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

Fear

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up dur

It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible.

Experience

I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationshi

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.

Relationship