Why Men Are the Way They Are (1986) by Warren Farrell argues that men's behavior—including dominance-seeking and emotional suppression—is shaped by their need to become attractive to women through achievement and status, and that men are not privileged but trapped in rigid roles.
Pioneering analysis of male psychology and social conditioning; reframed masculine behavior as response to mating pressure.
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