The Myth of Male Power
Considered the Bible of men's studies, the meticulously researched The Myth of Male Power takes the listener around the world, throughout history, biology, the Bible, the law, and everyday life, challenging every assumption about men. The Myth of Male Power distinguishes between men s institutional power and genuine power. Farrell says genuine power is "control over one's life." He documents that virtually every society that has survived has done so by persuading its sons to be disposable--whether in war or in work; and therefore indirectly as dads. And disposability is not power. Farrell explains, "The road to high pay is a toll road tolls such as working more hours, and taking 24 of the 25 worst jobs..."; Farrell posits that men have mistakenly defined power as feeling obligated to earn money someone else spends while he dies sooner. In the past, Farrell says, neither sex had power; both sexes had roles: women's role: raise children; men's role: raise money. Our grandparents didn't preach rights they preached responsibilities and obligations. Both genders sacrificed so their children s lives would be better than theirs. Dr. Farrell challenges the belief that men made the rules to benefit men at the expense of women. He writes that if the rules were designed to just benefit men, then women would be socialized to desire and initiate sex with men, pay on dates, buy men diamonds; there would be female-only draft registration; and post- divorce, women would be the sex most likely to lose their home and children. Toward solutions, Farrell proposes, "neither a women's movement blaming men nor a men's movement blaming women, but a gender transition movement that fosters a transition from the rigid roles of our past to more flexible roles for the future." For this version, Dr. Warren Farrell personally rewrote the highlights of The Myth of Male Power as if it were a dialogue between, say, you and him allowing you to answer others questions in the same way. Dr. Farrell personally returns the money to anyone who is not satisfied with this 3 CD set.