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Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say, A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book; $24.95 US/$34.95 Canada; October 4, 1999 by Warren Farrell, Ph.D.
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say sounds like a soft news book. Well, Part I does teach us how to hear the tough stuff. But Parts II and III are the tough stuff - the hard news. For starters:
- The New York Times. Dr. Warren Farrell reveals that The New York Times and the Today Show have the highest levels of systematic and predictable anti-male bias. The three biggest offenders? The New York Times, Sunday edition, page one; The New York Times Book Review; and the Today Show's Katie Couric. See Chapter 8.
- The United Nations and Which Sex Works More. When Hillary Clinton attended the 1995 UN Conference on Women in Beijing, headlines announced that a UN study found that women worldwide worked more than men. After an investigation, Dr. Farrell got an admission that the UN purposely falsified the data. See Chapter 5.
- Hallmark. "When I was younger," Dr. Farrell recalls, "Hallmark gave words to the love we couldn't express. Today, Hallmark gives words to the hate we can't express." The hatred of men. Dr. Farrell investigates the Shoebox Division of Hallmark as part of a larger investigation of why we live in an era in which woman-bashing generates law suits and man-bashing generates sales. See Chapter 7.
- Domestic Violence. After examining over 50 domestic violence studies, Dr. Farrell discovered that each revealed one of two things: either men and women batter each other about equally, or women batter men more. See Chapter 6 (and the Appendix).
- The Dirt on Housework. Dr. Farrell's study of men's contributions to the home uncovers 50 categories of men's contributions that are swept under the rug when housework is studied. See Chapter 5.
- Man-Bashing. Dr. Farrell discovers why we are so angry at men, how it is affecting our sons, and what we can do about it before we create another fatherless generation. See Chapter 4.
Phrases You'll Soon Be Using
- What's the difference between Empowerment Feminism, Victim Feminism, and Competitive Feminism?
- What is The Lace Curtain?
- What is Victim Power?
- What is misandry?
Dr. Warren Farrell is the only man in the US ever elected three times to the Board of Directors of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York City. (See his bio.)
His background - in political science, psychology, and sexual politics, combined with over 1000 media appearances - leads to him being a perfect commentator whenever...
- A boy or man kills. Ask him what is the single biggest solution to violence by boys? Is Littleton more about homicide and teenagers, or about suicide and boys? Why do boys and men who kill people they love so often also kill themselves, whereas women rarely do? What are the predictors of men committing suicide and homicide together?
- A boy or man is accused of sexual harassment or date rape.
- A study claims that...
- Men make more than women for the same work.
- Men batter women more; or women work harder
Here are some story ideas:
- "Are Men Workers or Shirkers?"
- "Are Women Equal Opportunity Batterers?"
- "Are Boys Killing Because We Aren't Caring?"
- "Is the Media Biased Against Men?"
- "Meet Misandry. She's Ugly."
- "Why Are Women So Angry At Men?"
- "The Lace Curtain: What Is It, and Is It for Real?"
- "Has there been a Battle of the Sexes, or Have Men Just Had their Heads in the Sand and Hoped the Bullets Would Miss?"
- "Do We Care More About Saving Whales Than Saving Males?"
- "Faludi vs. Farrell: A woman and man look at men and boys."
- The Top Ten Predictions About Women and Men in the 21st Century.
Advance praise for Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say:
Shocking and provocative! Warren Farrell has the gift of compelling us to look at old problems with new eyes. He challenges countless popular assumptions with a devastatingly persuasive picture of reality. Most important, he points the way to urgently needed solutions. -Nathaniel Branden; Author, My Years with Ayn Rand
Dr. Warren Farrell is one of the most original thinkers of our time. -Nancy Friday, best-selling author of seven books, including the recent
Our Looks, Our Lives You can hardly read a sentence in this fascinating book without thinking: "Really? I didn't know that!" Warren Farrell is a true pioneer. -Bernard Goldberg, Reporter, CBS News' 48 Hours
Warren Farrell has given us a gift by writing Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say. He points us to the only way to end the battle of the sexes in the 21st Century. -Karen DeCrow, Attorney; Former President, National Organization for Women (NOW)
An amazing piece of work! Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say substitutes illumination for emotion and careful research for skewed statistics. It my hope that the law will hear what men don't say in time for our children to reap the benefit. -Norman Vroman, District Attorney, Mendocino County, CA
Bursting with provocative data ... Farrell's specific prescriptions for better communication make it must reading. - Howard M. Halpern, Ph.D.; Former President, American Academy of Psychotherapists; Author, How to Break Your Addiction to a Person
I learned more from the first 100 pages of this book than from anything I've ever read about how to communicate in a relationship. For the first time in my life I know how to have a meaningful conversation with a man that will actually bring him closer. I plan to re-read the first 100 pages once a month for at least the first five years of my marriage. -Cathy Guisewite, syndicated cartoonist, Cathy
Wow!! Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say made me open up and share with my wife parts of myself I didn't even know existed. I've discovered new strengths within myself, and I know our love will be stronger. - Dom DeLuise, actor and comedian
I'm saying - no I'm shouting - to women and men to read this book. Warren Farrell is a true Renaissance man with penetrating insights and laser-accurate perspectives who sees both the Yin and the Yang. He is our spokesperson not merely to women, but more poignantly to our own male souls which we have been so afraid to expose and share. - Denis Waitley, Ph.D., author, The Psychology of Winning
No book digs deeper than Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say to help us discover men's hidden stories. It is a brilliant book! - Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
Brave, brilliant, and filled with startling information that will forever change the way you look at both men and women! Dr. Warren Farrell is the rare person who truly has deep compassion for both sexes. Essential reading. - Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author, Feel the Fear...And Do it Anyway
Perceptive.... Outspoken.... Courageous. Replace the handcuffs of political correctness with understanding and dialogue. -Martin Edelston, President, Boardroom, Inc. and Editor, Bottom Line/Personal
Biography of Warren Farrell, Ph.D.
Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of many books, including two award-winning international best-sellers, Why Men Are The Way They Are and The Myth of Male Power. His most recent is Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say, a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. His books are published in over 50 countries, and in 9 languages.
Dr. Farrell listens to both sexes: On the one hand, he has served on the boards of four national men's and fathers' organizations; and on the other, he is the only man in the US to ever have been elected three times to the Board of Directors of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) in New York City. Dr. Farrell is also the only person selected to speak at former California Governor Wilson's Conference on Men as well as his Conference on Women.
Over a period of twenty-five years, Warren has formed over 600 women's and men's groups and has worked with more than a quarter million men and women from all walks of life. The Chicago Tribune described Warren as "the Gloria Steinem of Men's Liberation." The Boston Globe calls him "the sage of the men's movement." Take your pick.
Dr. Farrell's Ph.D. in political science and background in sex and gender has led to his teaching in political science, psychology, medicine, sociology, sexual politics, public administration, and women's studies. He has taught at the School of Medicine at the University of California in San Diego, as well as at Georgetown University, Rutgers, Brooklyn College, American University, and the California School of Professional Psychology. He has consulted for AT&T, IBM, Toyota, Bell Atlantic, Revlon, Ogilvy and Mather, NASA, HUD, the US Air Force, and both the US Departments of Education and Energy.
Warren has appeared eight times on Donahue, and repeatedly on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning, America, as well as on ABC World News, Crossfire, and Larry King Live. He has been the subject of special features on 20/20, and in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, People, and Parade, and is frequently quoted in Time and Newsweek.
Warren Farrell is in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World (Marquis Millennium edition). He has been selected by Cambridge's International Biographic Centre as one of the world's top 2000 scholars of the 20th Century.
Warren currently resides in Encinitas, a seaside community in San Diego's North County.
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