Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant, said that the author of Why Men Are the Way They Are and The Myth of Male Power now shows couples how to break through the unseen barriers to male communication constructed by society, families, and our culture. In Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say, Warren Farrell takes couples step-by-step through the environment of the home, media, educational system, and other institutions to reveal unseen mechanisms that disrupt male-female communication. Farrell’s communication program will bring couples beyond present barriers at home and in the workplace, and will allow them to speak and understand each other more fully than ever. His book helps all men and women achieve a better knowledge of their partners, themselves, and the surrounding sexual culture. Farrell was a board member of the National Organization for Women before he wrote Why Men Are the Way They Are and The Myth of Male Power. The lack of media interest in the last two books is a result of the Lace Curtain of feminists who influence media, education, pop culture, government and the helping professions. His latest effort offers a structured approach to giving and receiving criticism in intimate partnerships that could be used for other kinds of communication. His suggestions include a weekly sharing and caring evening in which negative feelings can be expressed, and techniques for focusing on each partner’s best intent. Farrell’s analysis of how men are portrayed in cartoons, greeting cards, books, movies and even the New York Times is the basis of most of the book. Taking issue with Arlie Russell Hochschild’s findings in The Second Shift that working women still bear the major responsibility for housework, he offers a list of more than 50 kinds of male housework. He offers reasons why others might find parallels between the women’s movement and the Nazis, while deploring the expression feminazi. Farrell generated more heat than light. (Nov.) What a beautiful place our world could be if women and men would really listen, hear, and empathise with each other. Farrell suggests that miscommunication sabotages relationships in his new work, The Myth of Male Power; Why Men Are the Way They Are. The myths and stereotypes regarding male power will most likely antagonize radical feminists, but he presents convincing evidence to support his theories. The relationship language skills presented in Part 1 help point the way to meaningful dialog between the sexes. Domestic violence studies of both sexes are included in the appendix. Highly recommended as a very readable and necessary addition to psychology collections in all academic and public libraries.

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