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By the 1970s, the American woman was being called 'liberated' or 'superwoman' while the American man was being called 'baby killer' if he fought in Vietnam, 'traitor' if he protested, or 'apathetic' if he did neither. Even men who came home paraplegics were literally spit on.

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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[With respect to child custody] a woman has no right to a unilateral choice that affects the rest of a man's life any more than a man would have the right to a unilateral choice that affects the rest of a woman's life.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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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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Women's greater social desirability and beauty power afford opportunities for creating both measurable and invisible income. While the opportunities are available to almost all women and some men, they are available in abundance to the genetic celebrity ... a woman so beautiful that men do more than look and talk--they follow her.
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I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.
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The weakness of men is the facade of strength the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
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Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. Use is a dirty word only when theres an imbalance in the relationship.
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It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex's experience of powerlessness.
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I don't have children that I've lost in a bitter custody dispute. But I see an enormous wound in kids due to a lack of their dads.
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Sexual harassment in the workplace confuses rewards for performance with rewards for attractiveness and sexual availability.
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It is important that a woman’s “noes” be respected and her “yeses” be respected.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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