Warren Farrell on Courage
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Warren Farrell, catalogued under courage, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Warren Farrell, entry #140934: "The nature of men’s responsibilities distanced men from feelings, whereas the nature of women’s responsibilities encouraged the expression of feelings."
Attributed to Warren Farrell, entry #33740: "The word hero derives from the root *ser-, from which we also get the word “servant”."
9 Quotes by Warren Farrell on Courage
"The nature of men’s responsibilities distanced men from feelings, whereas the nature of women’s responsibilities encouraged the expression of feelings."
"The word hero derives from the root *ser-, from which we also get the word “servant”."
"The female superhero’s lack of sexual neediness makes her a “super” superpower."
"The traditional male hero is about self-sacrifice, not self-actualization."
"Your son’s heroes didn’t climb traditional ladders—they built their own."
"In the traditional male hero’s hierarchy of needs, self-actualization is nowhere to be found—because the more he values himself, the less he is willing to sacrifice himself."
"To be a hero is to be emotionally constipated."
"All of these battered husbands are still with their wives. When a woman stays with a man who batters, we provide shelters to encourage her to escape. If she decides not to escape, we say she is a victim of “Battered Woman Syndrome."
"The 'enduring theme' of male competition and female competition for the hero/survivor has taken us from the fittest surviving to the brink of no one surviving. Sex roles have gone from functional to dysfunctional almost overnight. This is why the enduring theme must be questioned now."