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Myth Of Male Power

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Being a former researcher, I was really pleased when I noted the profusely documented background, which supports every fact in the book.
It took me one day to read the book and another day to go through all the footnotes!! Consistently referred to updated statistical sources of recognised prestige, every single item mentioned is footnoted and factually accurate.
I am sadly surprised as some reviewers can dismiss this fine piece of research work just due a tactless comparison made by the author between rape and male unemployment.
If someone doesn't want to face the reality, I think that any silly excuse is good enough for him or her.
But if you dare, this book will reward you.

Men have been recieving negative reputation for decades and face claims that they have it all in our society. Society believes that men have everything handed to them on a silver platter and want for nothing.
This book does a great job of revealing the truth. To summarize, since the begining of humanity, males and females have *both* had their roles in society and *both* genders had to follow a plan in order for the race to merely SURVIVE. In the age we are in, pure survival itself is not as important in everyday life. So, women have taken the steps to break free of their previous "roles" as women and demanded that society allow them to do what they *want* to do, not what they *have* to do.
Unfortunately, the same is not true for men. While women have found liberation, men are still forced into their old "survival" roles of provider and protector at the expense of freedom. Men are still expected to be "men", while women are free to pursue the goals that they want to.

My wife told me to read this book and that I would enjoy it, so I did. It is a very good book you will enjoy it.

Warren Ferrell was once a valued ally to women,but once he expressed concern for men too he was rejected.This demonstrates that women are interested only in their own female-centered viewpoint,they care nothing about men`s interests or civil rights.For them,equality is a one-way street that should favor only females,not everyone.Its clear that women are guilty of sexism just as much as men,if not more.

A real eye opener, not perfectly written but to the point and pioneering. I'm reading his other books now and I'm impressed by his attention to detail, a brave man, (he gets death threats)I'll support him all the way.

Dr. Farrell's demonstrates the value of science-based analysis to add great clarify to a murky political issue; gender politics.

Die hard feminists reject the data and keep spewing out cliched nonsense: e.g., "the problem is PATRIARCHY". Thankfully, social scientists like Dr. Farrell the scientific data forms a solid foundation for his conclusions rather that so many "feminists" who rely on emotion-filled hyperbole. (Note that there are many reasonable feminists, but they always appear to be drown out by the unreasonable ones.)

The bottom line is that Dr. Farrell opens up lines of dialogue between the genders that is much needed.

Warren Farrell has certainly compiled a lot of good documentary evidence that shows how in many ways women are treated better than men in the USA. This book is especially recommended for people who imagine that because men hold most of the positions of secular authority, woman are being abused at the expense of men's desires. The way I see it, men tend to hold the positions associated with intellectual prestige, while women hold the prestige of physical attraction. This causes women to be treated as queens more often than men are treated as kings. One area of criticism I have is where he discusses sexual morality. Although Mr. Farrell doesn't say that sex outside of marriage is sinful, the readers can see how this sort of behavior is very problematic for men. Perhaps this is the main reason religious organizations with only male pastors are much more strongly against sexual sins (e.g. homosexuality, fornication, abortion) as compared to the religious groups that allow women to be pastors. This book is especially recommended for people who are interested in the subject of women's ordaination.

One of the most important books I've ever read. There are well-known feminists, esp. first-line feminists, who endorse it
as well. "Explodes the culture of victimhood," etc. I
think every *woman* needs to read it, esp. American
women. After I read the book, I was probably too
apoplectic to explain it to a woman, but Farrell has
done it, and calmy -- with every page filled with
facts and figures that turn much of modern-day
"women's studies" on its head. Tell your friends about this one!

I earlier read books that are on relationships between men and women. These books are almost always biased towards men (we call this "insight"). If a book is biased towards women, we call it "sexism".

The Myth of Male Power is a book that deals with men's issues such als early life expectance, male victims and the fact that many women live on men's cost (i.e. spending obligation in restaurants). It finally becomes clear what the exact male problems are and not it's time that men will realize that it's not only easy-going to be a man. However, well-thinking men already know of this problems.

This book is much better than books that deals with men-women issues (relationships etc.), because they emphasize the fact that "men don't listen" or "men are thinking simplistic". It explains a lot of male issues in more detail, including statistics (even with sources, because of the male-bashing culture many people are skeptical if they read that men are the victim, just to name something). This book is not only a must read for men, also women can learn that it isn't that "bad" to be a woman.

Now it's time for a book that explains what women really want (a user guide for men) or a book that critically looks at women, written by a man.

Reading it's like getting the touchy-feely flip side to Tom Leykis' radio-broadcast anger, sarcasm and profanity. Same message, however, and just as truthful.

Men, unshackle yourselves from the dark side of Male Feminism! Buy this book, read this book, do it now.