If a female employee is offended, a boss would like her to tell him, not sue him. Warren Farrell More Quotes by Warren Farrell More Quotes From Warren Farrell When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment. Warren Farrell marrying independence commitment The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a construction site. Warren Farrell law men dirty I am often asked why men don't get as worked up as they might about women - particularly poor women - having to use their bodies as prostitutes. Because most men unconsciously experience themselves as prostitutes every day - the miner, the firefighter, the construction worker, the logger, the soldier, the meatpacker - these men are prostitutes in the direct sense: they sacrifice their bodies for money and for their families. Warren Farrell construction-workers sacrifice men The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness. Warren Farrell facade weakness men The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom - the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army Warren Farrell army men boys If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege? Warren Farrell men promise thinking 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. 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Warren Farrell suicide loss jobs How can I call security a woman's primary fantasy if I am saying it is also her primary need? Because while her primary need is the security of a home and a family circle, her primary fantasy is that someone else will earn enough to pay for them. Hence the focus of 2 billion women on the latest royal wedding. Warren Farrell royal-wedding circles home When only men could register to vote, we required only men to register for the draft. Today both sexes can vote, but only men must register for the draft. Warren Farrell today men sex The Government as Substitute Husband did for women what labor unions still have not accomplished for men. And men pay dues for labor unions; the taxpayer pays the dues for feminism. Feminism and government soon become taxpayer-supported women's unions. Warren Farrell feminism husband men 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? Warren Farrell preparation mother son There are 25 differences in the way women and men behave in the workplace. These 25 differences lead to men receiving higher pay and women having better lives or at least more balanced lives. Warren Farrell receiving differences men I define power as control over ones life. A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner. Warren Farrell males definitions earning For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object. Warren Farrell example men sex And with the rape, I was showing why the rape statistics are exaggerated, and saying that date rape was much more complex than the way feminists had portrayed it, as men oppressing women. Warren Farrell statistics feminist men I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men. Warren Farrell poor gone men 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. Warren Farrell syrup loyal pancakes
