“I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.” MenWorldNeedsEmotionEmotionalFemaleMalesMentor Author:Warren Farrell
“Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another's needs creates empathy.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenTeachRightsTeachingEmpathyTreatsBoundariesNeeds Of Others Author:Warren Farrell
“Just as women needed the help of the law to enter the workplace in the 20th century, men will need the help of the law to love their children in the 21st century.” MenNeedsChildrenHelpingLawCenturyNeeded21st CenturyWorkplace20th Century Author:Warren Farrell
“There is what might be called a Catch-22 of hazardous occupations: The more hazardous the job, the more men; the more men, the less we care about making the job safer. The Catch-22 of hazardous occupations creates a 'glass cellar' which few women wish to enter. Women are alienated not just out of the fear of being hurt on the job, but by an atmosphere that can make a hazardous job more hazardous than it needs to be.” MenNeedsMightCareJobsWishHurtGlassesAtmosphereOccupationCellarsBeing Hurt Author:Warren Farrell
“The money men make from their willingness to work the least desirable hours is not a sign of discrimination against women, but a sign of the willingness of mostly married men to lose sleep to support the family as their wife loses sleep to feed the child. A willingness to do the uncomfortable shifts is one reason married men earn more than twice what never-married men earn. Men's contribution, made at night, need not be lost in the dark.” MenNeedsChildrenMadeReasonNightLostHoursLosesDarkSleepSupportWifeMarriedDiscriminationUncomfortableContributionWillingnessDesirableMarried Man Author:Warren Farrell
“Dads in the family are even more important than women in the workplace. The workplace benefits from women, but the family needs dads.” NeedsImportantDadBenefitsWorkplace Author:Warren Farrell
“How can I call security a woman's primary fantasy if I am saying it is also her primary need? Because while her primary need is the security of a home and a family circle, her primary fantasy is that someone else will earn enough to pay for them. Hence the focus of 2 billion women on the latest royal wedding.” IfsNeedsEnoughHomePayFantasyFocusSecurityBillionsCirclesPrimariesRoyalRoyal Wedding Author:Warren Farrell
“Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork - still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.” NeedsStillsCountryWholeSchoolLanguageSocialGoalTeachGenerationsTeachingStageTaughtSkillsConflictComputerSurvivalFocusedPsychologicalPostsGermanyAddressesResolutionTeamworkTechnologicalWorkplaceGrammarCompetenceNeglectedThis GenerationConflict ResolutionComputer LanguageGrammar SchoolBreadwinnerPsychological Needs Author:Warren Farrell
“Women and men look at their life, and women say, What do I need? Do I need more money, or do I need more time? And women are intelligent enough to say, I need more time. And so, women lead balanced lives; men should be learning from women.” MenNeedsShouldLooksEnoughMen And WomenIntelligentMore TimeBalancedMore MoneyBalanced Life Author:Warren Farrell
“So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.” NeedsLongPastLawWorstDemandCreaturesVictimProtectionSexistBodyguard Author:Warren Farrell
“Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward they still consider you a nice person with whom the underlying human relationship need not be altered.” MenNeedsHumansPersonsStillsNiceFairsAngerBonesArguingDisagreeAlteredHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsNice Person Author:Warren Farrell
“Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.” PeopleNeedsEnormousAmazed Author:Warren Farrell
