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My Take
Warren Farrell fascinates me precisely because of his unusual trajectory. He started inside the feminist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, even serving on the board of the National Organization for Women in New York, then became one of the most prominent voices on men's issues with The Myth of Male Power. Whatever one makes of his arguments, the willingness to publicly shift position is rare, and I respect intellectual honesty more than consistency for its own sake. Coming out of Queens and trained at New York University, he seems to me like someone genuinely wrestling with how gender roles constrain everyone, not just one side.
Overview
Warren Thomas Farrell (born June 26, 1943) is an American author, educator, and activist who has written about gender, particularly men's issues. Initially active in the second wave feminist movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, Farrell was a board member of the National Organization for Women in New York City and authored The Liberated Man (1974), which explored how traditional gender roles constrained both men and…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Warren Farrell
- Name (Japanese)
- ワレン・ファレル
- Reading
- われん・ふぁれる
- Born
- June 26, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- political scientist / author / writer / sociologist / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Midland Park High School
- University
- New York University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Myth of Male Power | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.