In 1986, Dr. Warren Farrell published the bestseller Why Men Are The Way They Are that examined core problems within the female-male relationship dynamics. Dr Farrell listened to women and men’s groups that gave insight into the anger from women toward men and also learning how men felt about being objectified and mischaracterized. Dr. Farrell used role reversal exercises that in some cases revealed distortions programmed to women by corporate advertising in feminist magazines. Its been called a book toted for every woman who wants to understand her man, and for every man who wants to understand himself.
Why Men Are The Way They Are answers questions such as why can’t men listen or why are men threatened by successful women and if women are so liberated, why do so many still like to have men pay for dinner and then call them in the morning? In one review the book is described as “A devastating expose of the hypocrises of the sexual revolution.”
There are timeless insights in this book that offer counterpoints to the reignited feminist rhetoric of terms such as toxic masculinity.
Guest – Dr. Warren Farrell is an educator, activist and author of seven books on men and women’s issues. His books include The Myth of Male Power, Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say, Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men and recently The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It.