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For thousands of years, most marriages were in Stage I--survival-focused. After World War II, marriages increasingly flirted with Stage II--a self-fulfillment focus... Love's definition is in a transition.

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness.
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