Website: www.warrenfarrell.com
Dr. Warren Farrell (1943-present) is an American author of seven books on women and men’s issues. His books’ contributions cover twelve fields—history, law, sociology and politics (The Myth of Male Power); couples’ communication (Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say); economic and career issues (Why Men Earn More); child psychology and child custody (Father and Child Reunion); and teenage to adult psychology and socialization (Why Men Are the Way They Are and The Liberated Man). All of his books contribute to women and men’s studies and critique the image of the sexes in the media.
Farrell holds a Ph.D. from NYU and an M.A. from UCLA in political science, plus a B.A. from Montclair State University in the social sciences. He lives with his wife, Liz Dowling, in Mill Valley, California (near San Francisco). They have two young-adult daughters.
Warren Farrell has taught gender issues and psychology at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego; the California School of Professional Psychology; in the Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State; and at Brooklyn College; Georgetown University, and American University. He also taught political science at Rutgers.
Dr. Farrell’s most recent book, Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?, published by Oxford University Press, is a debate book with male feminist co-author James Sterba. Farrell felt gender studies in universities did not incorporate the male gender except to demonize it. This book was Farrell’s attempt to test whether a positive perspective about men would be allowed even if there were a feminist rebuttal.
Farrell’s books tend to make both news and controversy. However, his recent collaborations with Ken Wilber, John Gray, and Richard Bolles have introduced his messages to more diverse and receptive audiences.
Dr. Farrell’s current foci are conducting couples’ communication workshops; being an expert witness in child custody cases, and researching a forthcoming book (The Boy Crisis).
