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Summary: Among the great works of the millennium.
Review: Well ... you get the idea.This is a stunning blockbuster of a book! The reason why I didn't post a review earlier, is that the reviews below were so well written, I didn't think I could write anything as good. So, my best advice here is to just continue reading. As the book says in the introduction, this book reflects men's feelings. This has certainly been the case with all of the men I've talked to that have read this book. So in that sense, this book is more worth reading than thousands of popular women's magazine articles on men put together. Why isn't this book more popular? Well for one thing, as it also says in the introduction, this book goes against both the male and female instincts to protect women more than men. And the other large reason is media censorship. This is clearly and thoroughly well documented throughout the book, and is even better shown in chapter eight of Farrell's new book "Women can't hear what men don't say." I know the title may turn people off, but I can't say it enough: keep reading these reviews!
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Summary: How did we get into this mess?
Review: Please READ THIS BOOK. It finally puts into words the inequities men have been experiencing. It is SHOCKING how our society uses language and socalization to legitimize unfair treatment of men in such a way that makes men feel they don't deserve any better. Since the book is on order I suggest you borrow it from your local library. (Or perhaps it's in bookstores...) When you look back on your decision to read this book, you will realize how much information has been ignored and what a great disservice this is to both men and women. Farrel's book is NOT an attempt to take anything away from feminism. I find it strange how a few reviewers ignored the fact that Farrel started out a feminist and how much courage it took to write this book. He says himself that the book is meant to ballance the literature on gender studies since it is disproportionally female centered. His bottom line point is that BOTH sexes should be treated well. Perhaps those reviewers feel that some people are more equal than others.
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Summary: It will change the way you see the world
Review: This book turns everything on its head we are indoctrinated to in our culture. And it makes sense, too.
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Summary: A MUST READ, for all gender classes in universities.
Review: This book touchs on gender thought, in a way that has not been done before. Farrell, brings out the clandestine truths about mens lives. Not beatting up on any group, but rather in a loveing way trys to bring to full circle, an honest examination of gender. For many men, this book should be a liberation, a rebirth in pride and strenght in who they are.
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Summary: A wakeup call
Review: Review: Farrell has written the definitive statement on the growing mens movement. He uses a combination of well substantiated research and clear reasoning to get his point across: that "Patriarchy" as feminists define it is a myth based on "junk" science and media control. The book deals with the realties of mens lives, showing that, where females have been considered possessions, men have been considered less than possessions, strictly disposable. This book is essential reading, especially for women.
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Summary: Stunning, indispensible work for anyone--man or woman.
Review: Around the time he published his most recent and to date most radical book, "The Myth of Male Power," Warren Farrell released these audiocassettes of the same title. Farrell's own recommendation of these tapes as the second step in educating the uninitiated about men's issues (the tapes of "Why Men Are the Way They Are" being the first step) is very well-taken. Information and philosophy are presented engagingly, accessibly, with little fluff or fanfare. Indeed, given Farrell's measured, reasonable voice and carefully presented, step-by-step documentation of his positions, the listener could be forgiven for momentarily failing to notice just how radical a vision of men's position these tapes present. It is only by reference to the current, twisted state of gender politics that one can even understand why Farrell's common-sense, compassionate, incisive approach is seen by some as so "dangerous." The truth is that these tapes ARE dangerous. They imperil the listener's ability ever again to believe many of the whoppers masquerading as received truths about the "patriarchy," the alleged lower moral fiber of men relative to women, men's supposedly greater power, and many other myths. Farrell reminds us that neither gender wins unless both sexes win. The tapes take the form of a dialog between the author and a male interviewer who leaves no feminist stone unturned in his scrutiny of Farrell's position. A former three-time New York City National Organization of Women board member, Farrell has no difficulty acknowledging the areas where women truly have been oppressed. But he also is not afraid to demolish some of the favored shibboleths about women's suffering. For example, when experience, job requirements, and attractiveness of jobs are taken into account, women do NOT earn less than men. With the exception of rape, the more violent a crime, the more likely a MAN is to be the victim. Female heads of households have on average 141% the level of assets owned by male heads of households. Women also control most spending. Men are not inherently violent and will curb their natural protective instincts where three basic needs--adequate food, adequate water, and safety from attack---are met. Male violence, Farrell shows, is a response to powerLESSNESS, not power. Farrell is not afraid of even the most potentially controversial issues. A detailed comparison between the position of men and blacks supports his provocative position that in many ways men are treated as slaves today. (We work longer hours, die sooner, and lose our children.) Nor is he afraid to say the emperor of feminist hypocrisy has no clothes. He notes that many women (and men) complain about men's killing while living in the countries and on the property obtained as a result of this killing. Farrell addresses some topics that are rarely discussed. He notes the invisibility of men in less valued professions such as the highly hazardous and socially invaluable garbage collector job. He notes that a glass cellar keeps an overwhelming percentage of men in 24 of the 25 worst overall jobs. If we had the same percentage of safety inspections per capital each year as Japan, we would save the lives of 6,000 men and 400 women each year. Farrell speaks carefully and is quick to crack a joke or poke gentle fun at himself, men, or women. But he is deadly serious about the importance of transforming the current highly polarized gender-based identity politics into a thankfulness for men's unique contributions and a compassion for their struggles to complement our concern for and appreciation of women. Why the interviewer wonders, are we so slow to learn these facts? Because, Farrell answers, our instincts do not lead us to learn about male vulnerability, even where it exceeds women's. Female victims attract men, but male victims repel everyone. So we protest disproportionate capital punishment of blacks relative to whites but not the stunningly more disproportionate capital punishment of men relative to women. We protest corporal punishment of black boys but not of boys. Astoundingly, we learn that the greatest single predictor of the level of punishment for the same crime is the perpetrator's sex. Farrell decires the seven legal defenses available only to women such as the "battered women's syndrome" and bemoans the unconstitutional special treatment of rape in criminal law. He notes the ten glass cellars of male existence, including suicide, prison, homelessness, the death professions, earlier death from all fifteen leading causes of death, greater vulnerability to death from accidents, circumcision, corporal punishment, capital punishment, and the draft. Surpisingly, Farrell manages to retain some optimism about the future of relationships between men and women. For the first time in history, he says, what it takes for men and women to survive parallels what it takes for us to love effectively. Farrell closes these remarkable tapes with a moving plea that we some day reach a place where we can abandon men's rights and feminism and can all work together on a gender transition movement to expand the potential for all of us regardless of gender. Don't miss these superb cassettes. And be sure your mother, partner, and/or daughter don't miss them either. Our future may depend on it.
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Summary: Amazingly Profound Analysis of Gender Issues
Review: I have never seen a book like this! Insightful, though-provoking, life-changing, analytical and scholarly, but with enough hook to entice the average reader! Where do I get the sequel????
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Summary: If you could read one book on gender, this is it.
Review: I have been looking at gender differences and gender issues for many years. Growing up male, with a twin sister, taught me something about how differently boys and girls are brought up. The problem with most books about gender, a problem not found in Warren Farrell's work, is that an author motiviated enought to write about the needs or problems of his, or her own gender, too often has only his, or her own gender's best interest at heart. In Warren's early work and while being on the Board of N.O.W. in New York, Warren focused on women's issues for reasons that become clear in his later books. As Warren's work matured, and his insights became more developed, Warren took a more balance approach which included issues regarding both genders. Warren's writtings and tapes clearly show compassion for the lives of BOTH men and women and a deeper understanding of both genders than what most writers about gender seem capable of. If you only had time to read one book on gender, The Myth of Male Power, is the book to read. - Not because men's issues are more important than women's, but because we find women's issues in the media, the schools, and the courts, to a degree that needs a perspective regarding men's issues to balance what most of us have heard. The Myth of Male Power teaches us to see the hidden side of the lives of men. Understanding what is not obvious about men's lives helps heal gender differences and is another step toward helping all of us learn to respect both genders in the same way we sometimes need to learn about other cultures and races simply to understand where our differences come from. Too many writers about gender seem focused on making the gulf between the lives of men and women much greater than what is good, or necessary, or true. Warren Farrell's books help bridge that gulf. Steven C. DeLuca
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Summary: The Best Book About Men Out There
Review: The Myth of Male Power is the most important, ground-breaking book about men in the bookstores. It's excellently researched and a great read. Whether you're male or female, you'll have a different perspective about men after reading this book. Don't miss it!
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Summary: A must-read for anyone who cares about men
Review: The Myth of Male Power is the most important, ground-breaking book out there about men. It's carefully researched and a superb read. Whether you're male or female, you'll have a different perspective about men after reading this valuable work. Don't miss it!
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