“He ["the male"] is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is, first of all, capable of a large array of negative feelings that the apes aren't - hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, disgrace, doubt - and, secondly, he is aware of what he is and isn't.” FirstsHumansFeelingsHateDoubtCapableNegativeShameGuiltMalesZoneContemptTwilightDisgustingTrappedHalfwayDisgraceApesTwilight ZoneNegative Feelings Author:Valerie Solanas
“Male makeup is men's titles, status and paying for dates. Makeup is what both sexes use to bridge the gap between the power they have and the power they'd like to have. Both male and female makeup are compensations for feelings of powerlessness.” MenUseFeelingsSexFemaleMalesTitlesBridgesMakeupGapsCompensationPowerlessness Author:Warren Farrell
“During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives - they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.” YearsLongFeelingsActionProcessCitiesAudienceWifeNew YorkDirectorsHusbandOrganizationMalesIncomeCorporateGenerousBoardsExecutivesNew York CityChaptersWorkplaceWorkshopsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBoard Of DirectorsAnother WomanHead Start Author:Warren Farrell
“Were we to still be circumcising the hood of the female clitoris, we would not have difficulty considering this a continuation of our tradition to keep girls sexually repressed. America's reflexive continuation of [male] circumcision-without-research reflects the continuation of our tradition to desensitize boys to feelings of pain, to prepare them to question the disposability of their bodies no more than they would question the disposability of their foreskins.” StillsFeelingsBodyPainAmericaGirlBoysResearchFemaleTraditionDifficultyMalesConsideringHoodSexuallyRepressedContinuationCircumcision Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Together, we came to understand how we beg men to express feelings, but then when men do express feelings, we call it sexism, male chauvinism, or backlash.” MenFeelingsTogetherMalesSexismBacklashChauvinism Author:Warren Farrell
“The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.” PeopleWorldWellsFeelingsFunDoorsGayMalesWell BeingGentleKicksMasculinityMachoMistreat Author:Clint Eastwood
“every artist is both male and female, and ... sometimes, the two great elements are in conjunction with him, so that all by himself he suddenly gets the melody and the burst of feeling of a great symphony without any external stimuli.” TwoSometimesFeelingsArtistElementsFemaleMalesMelodySymphonyStimulusConjunctions Author:Ruth St. Denis