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The Myth of Male Power Paperback – January 1, 2001
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- Print length448 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBerkley Trade
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2001
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions5.6 x 1.15 x 8.48 inches
- ISBN-100425181448
- ISBN-13978-0425181447
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Explosive...armed with hundreds of thoroughly documented statistics and legal citings...its very provocativeness.... -- Kirkus Reviews
Impressive and important. -- Nancy Friday
Intellectual dynamite...Farrell continues to open genuine communication between the sexes. -- Anthony Robbins
Powerful insights...For men and women, The Myth of Male Power could be an unforgettable wake-up call. -- David Kaplan, Houston Post
This is one terrific book...As groundbreaking and provocative as The Feminine Mystique was decades ago. -- Carol Cassell, Ph.D., author of Tender Bargaining
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- Publisher : Berkley Trade; Reissue edition (January 1, 2001)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 448 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0425181448
- ISBN-13 : 978-0425181447
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.6 x 1.15 x 8.48 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #588,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #195 in Popular Psychology Research
- #25,420 in Social Sciences (Books)
- #59,052 in Self-Help (Books)
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Dr. Warren Farrell began his research on gender issues in the ‘60s. His first book, The Liberated Man, was published in 1974. It was from the women’s perspective and the feminist perspective. By the ‘80s, he began noticing that men were feeling misrepresented, and his award-winning national best-seller, Why Men Are The Way They Are, was written to answer women’s questions about men in a way that rings true for men. The New York Post calls it "the most important book ever written about love, sex, and intimacy."
By the ‘90s, Dr. Farrell felt the misunderstandings about men had deepened and become dangerous to the survival of families and love. He confronted the misunderstandings head-on with the award-winning The Myth of Male Power, a book the The Library Journal ranked as “better than Robert Bly’s Iron John or any of Betty Freidan’s works.” (His books are published in over 50 countries in 15 languages.)
By the turn of the century Dr. Farrell wanted to provide the sexes with the tools to communicate-- in particular to hear personal criticism from a loved one, especially when given badly. That was the take-off point for Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say, a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. By 2001 Dr. Farrell completed research he had been working on for 13 years on the conditions under which children of divorce are most likely to be raised successfully. That book, Father and Child Reunion, has renewed the commitment of many dads to be with their children, and its research has helped judges understand the importance of dads.
Dr. Farrell’s most recent research is published as Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It. It documents the 25 differences between men and women’s work-life decisions. It was chosen by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top four “great career books to be read in 2006.”
Warren has appeared on over 1000 TV and radio shows, and been interviewed frequently by Oprah and Barbara, and by Larry King and Peter Jennings. He has been featured repeatedly on 20/20 and in The New York Times, in People and on Real People, in men's journals and The Wall Street Journal, and on the Today Show, the Tomorrow Show, and even To Tell The Truth.
Warren Farrell’s understanding of both sexes is symbolized by his being, on the one hand, on the boards of four national men’s organizations, and on the other hand, being the only man in the US to be elected three times to the Board of Directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City. Similarly, he has started over 600 men's and women's groups, and over 200,000 women and men have attended his workshops worldwide. He is the only person chosen to speak at both of former California Governor Wilson’s 1995 conferences – his Conference on Men and his Conference on Women.
President Johnson chose Dr. Farrell as one of the outstanding young educators in the United States. (The man's been around for awhile!) He has taught political science, psychology, women’s studies and sociology, and most recently taught at the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Farrell has been chosen by the International Biographic Centre of London as one of the World’s 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century and, in quite a different take, chosen by the Financial Times as one of the worlds top 100 Thought Leaders. He has also been selected by the Center for World Spirituality as one of the world's spiritual leaders.
Dr. Farrell is in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World, but his best moments are at home. He has two daughters and lives with his wife in Mill Valley, California, and virtually at www.warrenfarrell.com.
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My least favorite chapter was the one about date rape. If he is urging men and women to both take more responsibility in dating, then he should have urged both to consider abstinence until marriage. Pre-martial sex is a breeding ground of misunderstandings that can place both men and women in vulnerable positions that give motivation and opportunity for accusations of sexual assault. Even though a married woman could still falsely accuse her husband of rape (the author provides a real-life example of this), that does not happen nearly as often as outside marriage.
Bottom Line: Good for Basic Awareness of the Topic. Keep Reading, My Friends.
There are some issues in society that every reasonable person in society would like to end such as homelessness. Dr. Farrell outlines many of these issues, and he brings a fresh perspective to why these issues exist. Before reading this book I was always confused as to how society could largely agree that so many issues such as homelessness were wrong, yet that didn't create a drive in society to solve the problem. The Myth of Male Power helped me understand why these issues are not solved, and it gave me the tools to apply my own critical thinking as to how we can solve these problems in the future.
Part of what I loved about this book is it didn't tell me what I was supposed to think. It made a case for why male issues are misunderstood, it helped me set up a new, more reasonable framework, and then it allowed me to apply my own critical thinking. This is the type of a book that you and a friend can read, gather completely different conclusions and perspectives from, and then you can have fun talking about the issues after. I personally read the book around 6 times already, and every time I read it I get something new out of it.
There is also an aspect of this book that will help people improve their daily lives, especially in regards to relationships, especially for men. Most books about relationships really cater to women in my opinion. They tell us men how it's okay to talk about our feelings. That's not what most men want to hear, it misunderstands why men don't talk about their feelings in my opinion, and it makes relationship books very uninteresting for men.
I know The Myth of Male Power wasn't meant to be about relationships, but it urges men to speak about their feelings, and further, it explains why men should speak out about their feelings. It really resonated with me about how my silence was hurting myself by causing others to misunderstand me, and it showed me how I was responsible for that mis-communication. Once I acknowledged this fact, I felt more empowered to talk to others in ways they could understand me. I realize now that in the past when I failed to communicate in relationships, it was because I felt that what I said wasn't going to matter anyways. I felt powerless, but I wasn't powerless, and in a way I have myself to blame for giving up on trying to communicate how I felt. Hopefully this can help me in future relationships.
Overall, this is a fantastic read. It really did change my perspective of the world, and it made me a better person. Before I read this book I believed in equality for the genders, and this book won't even attempt to challenge you on whether or not you should believe in equality for the genders. What it will do is give you the framework to help you challenge yourself on what equality for the genders means. What more could you ask for in a book?
Replantear la idea de que el mundo está dominado por el patriarcado;
Analizar la realidad de la desechabilidad masculina y cómo afecta nuestra percepción de la masculinidad;
La falsa brecha salarial de género y por qué los hombres (papás) ganan más pero también gastan mucho más comparativamente que sus esposas en la familia;
El por que las mujeres se sienten atraídas por los machos alfa "Clark Kent";
La crisis de los niños y la importancia primordial de los padres;
Crianza al estilo de papá versus la crianza al estilo de mamá;
Qué hacer si el padre no está presente;
El explorando el género como una construcción social: crianza vs naturaleza;
La experiencia masculina de la impotencia;
La experiencia masculina del poder femenino; y
La constante réplica en los niños sobre su toxicidad.
Un importante aporte para quienes quieren ser objetivos y proteger a sus hijos de un mundo que los está atacando y disminuyendo.
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But when reading it, I had a true revelation:
- I saw that many feminist myths are highly unfounded (the wage gap, among many)
- I realized women (in the Western world) are on average more privileged that men (sometimes way more)
- I discovered the many ailments that trouble many men, and most people simply ignore (men included)
- And I realized how deeply men, through the centuries and still today, have been considered "disposable" and have been "used" for the welfare of society in general, and women in particular.
In the end, I realized more than ever how much we need a truly egalitarian approach in our society (an egalitarism that has been neglected for decades by many feminists).
Without that approach, men and women will both keep struggling for power, and we will keep suffering because of that.
If you're a man (or a woman) and you feel something is wrong with the world and the relationships between the sexes, you owe yourself this read. Everything will become much clearer after.
Ich hoffe dass mit diesem Buch Männer ihre Stimme finden und sich hoffentlich mit so wenig Polemik und soviel Einfühlung wie der Autor ausdrücken (Gott weiß, den Tonfall zu ändern würde vielen Frauen auch mehr Gehör verschaffen.)








