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It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex's experience of powerlessness.

Warren Farrell

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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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.
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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.
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Programs like WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) subsidize the exclusion of dads.
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If a female employee is offended, a boss would like her to tell him, not sue him.
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Both parents' rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.
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You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.
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Only when a woman shares male risks can she really begin to understand men.
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Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.
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