I define power as control over one's life. Pay is not about power. Pay is about giving up power to get the power of pay. Warren Farrell More Quotes by Warren Farrell More Quotes From Warren Farrell Male makeup is men's titles, status and paying for dates. Makeup is what both sexes use to bridge the gap between the power they have and the power they'd like to have. Both male and female makeup are compensations for feelings of powerlessness. Warren Farrell makeup men sex 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. Warren Farrell criminals mother men If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man? Warren Farrell dollars pay men When birth control pills were available in Europe but not in the United States, American women created an uproar about how the unwillingness to make the pill available showed a contempt for the lives of women. When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released birth control pills with high dosages of hormones that were later found to be unnecessarily high, they were attacked for not caring about women enough to do the necessary tests. Warren Farrell fda caring europe Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides. Warren Farrell homicide six victim Being forced into early retirement can be to a man what being "given up for a younger woman" is for a woman. Warren Farrell given retirement men We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.' Warren Farrell eras three men Sexism is discounting the female experience of powerlessness; the new sexism is discounting the male experience of powerlessness. Warren Farrell sexism males female 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. Warren Farrell discovery men two In 1969, nationwide, female professors who had never been married and never published earned 145% of their counterpart male colleagues. Warren Farrell married males female Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team. Warren Farrell training team self If a woman isn't being hazed, she's not being tested; therefore, she is not being trusted. Warren Farrell being-trusted tested trusted In San Diego there is a highly popular course called How to Marry Money. Note that the marriage is to money - not to a person. I inquired about the percentage of men attending... 'The course is really for women,' [the instructor replied,] 'it's not relevant to men.' Warren Farrell san-diego notes men I'm not saying that men make better fathers than women do mothers. Warren Farrell mother men father 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. Warren Farrell political law men If we hold the married man accountable for finances gone legally awry, then the married woman should be held accountable for children who go awry. Warren Farrell gone men children If a female employee is offended, a boss would like her to tell him, not sue him. Warren Farrell like-her boss female Employers are not prohibited from practicing sex discrimination in hiring and promoting employees. Warren Farrell employers discrimination sex Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal. Warren Farrell political husband father As long as society tells men to be the salespersons of sex, it is sexist for society to put only men in jail if they sell well. We don't put other salespersons in jail for buying clients drinks and successfully transforming a "no" into a "maybe" into a "yes." If the client makes a choice to drink too much and the "yes" turns out to be a bad decision, it is the client who gets fired, not the salesperson. Warren Farrell jail men sex
