Warren Farrell | Why Men Are the Way They Are
Warren Farrell | Author
Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of Father and Child Reunion, the most recent book that is a meta-analysis of current research on what is optimal for children of divorce—or children otherwise unable to be raised in an intact family.
Dr. Warren Farrell’s international recognition for scholarly contributions includes his selection by the International Biographic Centre of London as one of the world’s “2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century.”
Dr. Warren Farrell’s books are in 15 languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic…), in more than 50 countries. The Financial Times selected Dr. Farrell as one of the world’s top 100 Thought Leaders.
Summary of Why Men Are the Way They Are
- Is it possible for the sexes to hear each other without saying, “My powerlessness is greater than your powerlessness”? P. xx
- The fundamental feminist false assumption: Female powerlessness meant male power. P .xxi
- Instead of understanding male powerlessness we had come to understand only the female experience of male power. P. xxii
- It took me seventeen years to understand that men do not become more loveable until they are understood. P. xxii
- Men tuned into women but not tuned into their own hurts usually retained the attitude that women needed special protection. P. xxii
- Strict ideology is for women what macho is for men. P. xxiii
- Confessing feelings that risk rejection is genuine vulnerability. P. xxvi
- Women’s vulnerability confessing their desire to see men as a success object is matched by men’s confession of compulsiveness of sexual desire for women. P. xxvi
- Each theme in this book evolved from examination of actual behavior as opposed to claimed behavior. P. xxx
- Women’s desires were an important ingredient in determining why men are the way they are. P. xxxi