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When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the sacrifice of a career met the sacrifices in a career, the fantasy of a career became the reality of trade-offs. Women developed career ambivalence.

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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All women's issues are to some degree men's issues and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose.
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Many black men leave because they are financially responsible - not because they are emotionally irresponsible.
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Crime, especially crime involving money, reflects the gap between the expectation to provide and the ability to provide... If we really want men to commit crime as infrequently as women, we can start by not expecting men to provide for women more than we expect women to provide for men.
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Ive always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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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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We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman's life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb then why would we allow a woman to determine a man's life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?
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The Female Western is the battle between the good and evil methods of getting the men who perform best.
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