“Our love for children is so immediate in part because we feel their powerlessness immediately; conversely, part of the way we deny our love for men is by denying men's powerlessness. Too often we have confused love for men with respect for them, especially for their power to take care of us - which is really just love for ourselves.” MenWayFeelsChildrenCareDenyTake CareConfusedOur LovePowerlessnessChildren LoveConfused Love Author:Warren Farrell
“On a deeper level, if our sons are learning they are obscene, disgusting, and untrustworthy, is this the best preparation for fatherhood? And is it the best preparation for becoming a mother - to feel this way about her son?” IfsWayFeelsMotherLevelsSonBecomingDeeperPreparationDisgustingFatherhoodObsceneUntrustworthyBecoming A Mother Author:Warren Farrell
“The deeper purpose of a more positive attitude toward men is a better life for the children who are parented by the men who are their dads and stepdads; less shame for our sons who will become men; and, for our daughters, a deeper understanding of men's desire to please that leaves them feeling their willingness to please is not unrequited but returned - allowing our daughters to feel less lonely and more loved. If we earn more and love less, we pay for a home in which we do not live.” IfsMenFeelsChildrenFeelingsHomeDesirePurposeUnderstandingPayAttitudeHe ManSonDadPleaseDaughterLonelyAnd LoveShameDeeperPositive AttitudeWillingnessAllowingBetter LifeUnrequitedOur DaughterDeeper UnderstandingStepdads Author:Warren Farrell
“Sexual harassment legislation feels unfair to men because if they sued over an ethnic joke, or over a woman discussing pornography or asking them out, they'd be laughed out of the company.” IfsMenFeelsCompanyJokesAskingLaughedUnfairLegislationPornographyDiscussingHarassment Author:Warren Farrell
“The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom - the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army” MenGivingFeelsYoungSocialBoysRiskWorstPerspectiveCallingAspectDatingArmyYoung ManRejectionPocketsCustomsRejectedJoiningRobberyJoining The Army Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.” FeelsLittlesMysteryConsciousInfiniteFinite Author:Warren Farrell
“It is important for a father who feels pushed away [by the mom] to say, in effect, When you do that, I feel unwanted as a father, or I feel my rough-housing is not bad parenting; it's my contribution to helping our child take risks. Women cannot hear what men do not say.” MenFeelsChildrenImportantHelpingFatherRiskEffectsMomOur ChildrenContributionRoughHousingUnwantedBad ParentingPushed Away Author:Warren Farrell
“When I feel very loved, when I nurture and support people, my experience is deepened. I feel connected to a larger purpose and meaning.” PeopleFeelsPurposeSupportConnectedNurturePurpose And Meaning Author:Warren Farrell
“At this moment in history, millions of 'working dads' are desiring to do what they do not feel they have the right to do: be more devoted as a dad, less devoted as a worker. This feeling is far more ubiquitous among men executives than women executives in many areas of the world because, for instance, Asia-Pacific women executives today are more than six times as likely to not have children than men executives are. The Asia-Pacific executive man is about six times as likely to be a working dad as an executive woman is to be a working mom.” MenWorldFeelsChildrenMomentsFeelingsTodayMillionsMomDadSixAreasWorkersInstanceExecutivesDevotedAsiaPacificWorking Mom Book:Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it Source: Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it
“Boys with a failure to launch are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete.” FeelsSelfGirlSocialPoorBoysSkillsInvisibleRejectedInabilityLoathingSelf LoathingSocial Skills Author:Warren Farrell
