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

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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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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A person working 45 hours per week averages 44% more income than someone working 40 hours per week. That's 44% more income for 13% more time.
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We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'
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Every day, almost as many men are killed at work as were killed during the average day in Vietnam. For men, there are, in essence, three male-only drafts: the draft of men to all the wars the draft of Everyman to unpaid bodyguard the draft of men to all the hazardous jobs or 'death professions.
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Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team.
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Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.
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Is a man's body at stake? Any time a man is asked to work to pay child support, he is using his body, his time, his life - not for nine months, but for a minimum of 18 to 21 years. So the motto of the feminist with integrity is, 'It's a woman's and man's right to choose because it is a woman's and man's body at stake.'
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Until recently, the question was 'Why can't a woman be more like a man?' It should have been changed to 'Why can't both sexes be more like the best parts of each other?' Instead, the pendulum swung to the 1960s feminist lapel button Adam Was a First Draft. True enough. So are we all.
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Programs like WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) subsidize the exclusion of dads.
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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.
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Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.
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The male corporate model is built on a mans greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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The teenage female has less demand to perform and more resources to attract love. Her body and mind are more genetic gifts.
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