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''The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex'' is a 1993 book by Warren Farrell. In the book, Farrell argues that the widespread perception of men having inordinate social and economic power is false, and that men are systematically disadvantaged in many ways. Like Herb Goldberg's ''The Hazards of Being Male'', Farrell's ''The Myth of Male Power'' is considered a standard of the men's movement, and has been translated into several languages, including German and Italian. ==Defining male power and powerlessness== In ''The Myth of Male Power'', Warren Farrell offered his first in-depth outline of the thesis he would eventually apply in his subsequent books—books on communication (''Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say'' ISBN 087477988X), parenting (''Father and Child Reunion'' ISBN 1585420751), and the workplace (''Why Men Earn More'' ISBN 0814472109). As ''The Myth of Male Power's'' title implies, Farrell challenges the belief that men have the power by challenging the definition of power. Farrell defines power as "control over one's life." He writes that, "In the past, neither sex had power; both sexes had roles: women's role was () raise children; men's role was () raise money."〔Warren Farrell, ''The Myth of Male Power'', (N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1993), Chp. 2〕 One of the examples that Farrell uses to illustrate male powerlessness is male-only draft registration. He writes that if any other single group (the examples he lists are Jews, African-Americans, and women) were selected based on their birth characteristics to be the only group required by law to register for potential death, we would call it anti-Semitism, racism or genocidal sexism. Men, he says, have been socialized to call it "glory" and "power," and as a result do not view this as a negative. Farrell contends that this viewpoint creates psychological problems for both sexes: that "men's weakness is their facade of strength; women's strength is their facade of weakness."〔Warren Farrell, ''The Myth of Male Power'', (N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1993), Chapter 2 & 3.〕 He adds that societies have generally socialized boys and men to define power as, in essence, "feeling obligated to earn money someone else spends while we die sooner." Feeling obligated, he contends, is not power.〔This critique of Farrell is part of feminist James Sterba's critique of ''The Myth of Male Power'' and ''Why Men Earn More'' in Oxford University Press' book, ''Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?'', (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), which is a debate of thirteen gender issues between James Sterba, representing feminist theory, and Warren Farrell, articulating gender transition theory.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Myth of Male Power」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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