495 quotes
By 2015, in good economic times, boys and men were committing suicide three and a half times more often than women.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Male-female fusion does not create women’s rights. It creates a fusion of rights.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
In a democracy, a government’s policies are rarely questioned until the underlying assumptions that create them are questioned.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
In brief, she is the partner to what primarily he creates; he is the visitor to what primarily she creates. To me, this wasn’t equality.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
We interview people who are extraordinary successes, so they are visible. We ignore people who create a balanced life, so they are invisible.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
When men in relationships have more money, we say they have the power. When women in relationships have more money, we say they are being used.
Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988)
The absence of Dad creates the presence of government.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another’s needs creates empathy.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt -- species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
Technology is dad-at-home friendly. It allows the family to be more creative and role flexible than it ever has in the past without being poor in the process.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)
When Martin teased, he taught Maggie and Marty Jr. to interpret the meaning of a twinkle in his eye, slight alterations of his voice, shifts in his facial expression.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
“Social workers tend to consider the children’s wishes as long as their preference is for maternal custody. When children express a paternal preference, their wishes carry no weight.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Nick was experiencing the father’s catch-22: loving his family by being away from the love of his family.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
The rate of PTSD among boys who moved to better neighborhoods was like the rate found among soldiers returning from combat.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Half of children born to mothers under thirty were born outside marriage.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
If Don Draper ended up at Esalen in a state of introspection about what it means to be a man, maybe that’s where he should start.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Veterans create privilege for all those who have not had to serve.
The Boy Crisis (2018)
Helping women achieve higher pay is a core goal of this book.
Why Men Earn More (2005)
Listening is self-empowerment via the empowerment of others.
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
I soon saw that feminists who supported the “Primary Parent Theory” were not in favor of equality of opportunity, but of unequal opportunism.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)