adding material citations general cleanup and resolving dispute i have painstakingly documented warren farrell's biography and professional discourse supporting my edits with citations in the myth of male power he endorses the concept of a gender transition movement as an alternative to either a women's movement or men's movement he has maintained this position since the book's publication in and has continued to promote the notion in every book published since additionally i cannot find a single original citable source to support use of the term masculinist being applied to him as such i have removed references to this non neutral term i hope anyone watching this page will agree that i have enhanced the quality of this article tremendously i am going to remove the request for cleanup and the neutrality dispute since i don't see any recent active discussions that will remain unaddressed with the addition of the careful citations i have added previous content warren farrell born is an american masculist author farrell holds an m a and a ph d in political science ucla new york university nyu he has taught at the school of medicine at the university of california san diego and at georgetown university rutgers brooklyn college and american university with the publication of the myth of male power farrell became one of the first masculists the term is difficult to precisely define but in his case masculism is a form of celebrating men as no less than women and rejecting any sexism displayed against men by women since the early s he has been a champion of feminism serving on the board of the new york chapter of the national organization for women now within a few years he was asked to leave now as his views diverged from those generally held in the organization most specifically he was critical of what he saw as female exclusiveness and disregard for men's issues his early books the liberated man and why men are the way they are were more in the vein of a type of men's liberation an approach to men's issues similar to that of feminism to women's issues these texts were not critical of feminism farrell's critics declare him to be sexist and have an anti woman attitude or misogynistic however despite his being broadly attacked by many latter day feminists including susan faludi in answering his critics farrell argues that his approach is essentially of equality and humanism his approach to gender issues has come to be the cornerstone of masculism his ideology calls for gender equivalence and unlike some other masculists a reduction in traditional gender roles he has made a critical examination of the power imbalance between the sexes claiming that in some cases it favors women the women's movement had done a wonderful job of freeing women from sex roles but no one did the same for men farrell was a candidate for governor in the california recall election he came ninety seventh out of candidates on may farrell appeared on john stossel's give me a break segment of to discuss in his view why men earn more in the report he is seen speaking before the cato institute he asked members of the audience to stand if they worked at least two years at a job meeting certain criteria jobs which exposed them to wind and rain or long hours for example it was almost entirely men who stood some suggest that the cato institute event had been staged to promote farrell's books and opinions nonetheless the event served to illustrate one of farrell's key points that women tend to choose and are generally encouraged by the popular press to choose jobs that are socially fulfilling rather than monetarily fulfilling for instance men are encouraged to work well paid long hours jobs whereas women are encouraged to search for jobs that allow them more time with their children or are seen as socially pleasant involving little physical labour or serious physical unpleasantness these jobs across the board tend to be paid less than the former in addition men are more likely to do overtime and are of course encouraged to do so than women so necessarily get paid for more hours worked see also masculism