Critical Responses
The Myth of Male Power is both Warren Farrell's most-praised and most-controversial book.
It is praised by social critic Camille Paglia, who, reviewing it for The Washington Post, called it "A bombshell...forcing us to see our everyday world from a fresh perspective" by highlighting the sacrifices that men have made to protect and provide for their families and challenging radical feminist rhetoric that casts men as abusers and tyrants. Similar praise comes from ideologically diverse intellectuals such as the libertarian Nathaniel Branden and the liberal Ken Wilber, and from mainstream publications such as Time, Forbes, The Los Angeles Times, The Vancouver Sun, the Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.
The most ardent critics are academic scholars such as Margot Mifflin and book reviewers such as Robert Winder. Among their criticisms is that male power is not a myth since men still hold the highest government and corporate positions of power.
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