WARREN FARRELL

'Warren Farrell' (b. 1943) is an American writer.
Farrell holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science (UCLA; New York University (NYU)). He taught at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and at Georgetown University, Rutgers, Brooklyn College, and American University.
With the publication of ''The Myth of Male Power'', Farrell became the one of the first modern masculists. In the early 1970s, he was a champion of feminism, serving on the board of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Within a few years, he left NOW, frustrated with what he saw as their female exclusiveness and disregard for men's issues. His early books ''The Liberated Man'' and ''Why Men Are the Way They Are'' were more in the vein of a type of "masculinism" that has an approach to men's issues similar to that of feminism to women's issues.
His pioneering approach to sex issues has come to be the cornerstone of masculism. His ideology calls for gender equivalence and, unlike many other masculists, a reduction in traditional gender roles. He has made a critical examination of the power imbalance between the sexes, claiming that it heavily favors women: "The women's movement had done a wonderful job of freeing women from sex roles, but no one did the same for men".
Farrell was a candidate for governor in the 2003 California recall election. He came ninety-seventh out of 135 candidates.
On May 27 2005 Farrell appeared on John Stossel's "Give Me A Break" segment of 20/20 to discuss why men earn more. Farrell is seen speaking before the Cato Institute. He asked people to stand if they worked at least two years at a job meeting certain criteria: jobs which exposed them to wind and rain or long hours, for example. In each case, it was mostly men who stood.

Contents

Quotations

''Women can't hear what men don't say''

From Farrell's campaign statement

Published works

Links and references

Quotations

''Women can't hear what men don't say''

"The most important thing to understand about men is their desire to be understood...."

From Farrell's campaign statement

Farrell's "Top Ten Social Solutions with Budget Saving Results" that he claims transcend Democratic and Republican Party lines:
#a men's birth control pill and a paternity fraud bill;
#universal prenatal care;
#listening skills taught from first grade, with simultaneous retraining of parents;
#equal father and mother involvement, especially if there is divorce;
#more male teachers;
#stressing female empowerment rather than victim power;
#keeping taxes on businesses low;
#schools that are friendlier to boys;
#a commission on the status of men and men's health;
#restraining the Government-as-Substitute-Husband.

Published works

★ 1974, ''The Liberated Man'' ISBN 0-425-13680-9

★ 1988, ''Why Men Are the Way They Are: The Male–Female Dynamic'' ISBN 0-425-11094-X

★ 1994, ''Myth of Male Power'' ISBN 0-425-14381-3

★ 1999, ''Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say: Destroying Myths, Creating Love'' ISBN 1-58542-061-1

★ 2001, ''Father and Child Reunion'' ISBN 1-58542-075-1

★ 2005, ''Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap — and What Women Can Do about It'' ISBN 0-8144-7210-9

Links and references

★ Warren Farrell Website

★ Father and Child Reunion

★ Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say

★ Why Men Earn More

★ The Myth of Male Power

★ The Liberated Man

★ Save the Males! Article from Salon.com

★ Warren Farrell Profile Page at BigSpeak