Warren Farrell

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.

It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.

Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

Men make more money but have lower net worths.

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'

The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.

I am always someone who follows the research more than my self-interest. It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.

For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.

Feminists who say that I switched sides because I am an opportunist should know that exactly the opposite is true. It's cost me a lot of money. I've gone from being well-to-do to being $70,000 in debt. I have done something self-destructive financially. I could only do it because I don't have to support a wife and child.