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" Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men. "
Warren Farrell
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" One can make a case that says that since 85% of children being brought up in single family homes are being brought up by women that about 85% of elementary school teachers should be males to balance out the feminization that the boys and girls receive. "
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" It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. "
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" If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege? "
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" The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children. "
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" While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation. "
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" I definitely agree with choices for women, but I do not agree with choices for women when they eliminate choices for men. Rather, I think that the sexes need to make choices that lead to the maximum amount of win-win for both sexes. "
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" Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement. "
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" Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes. "
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" Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies. "
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" When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.' "
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" Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person. "
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" I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men. "
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" I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too. "
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" I am always someone who follows the research more than my self-interest. It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men. "
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" 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. "
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" In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard. "
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" I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak. "
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" The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female. "
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" For blacks in our society, victimization may be a true issue. But it isn't a true issue for women. Neither men nor women are victimized. The true issue, that I try to point out, is that both sexes suffer restricted roles. "
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" Men make more money but have lower net worths. "
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" Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards. "
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" 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. "
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" Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal. "
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" A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame. "
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" People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week. "
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" We always look at the 'Fortune 500,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards. "
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