Warren Farrell Quotes

Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.

I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.

There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work.

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it's actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be.

Sex is hardly ever just about sex.

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Partners fall in and out of love, but they still need each other.

Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different!

The first basic need of a male is sexual fulfillment; for a female, affection. The second most basic need of a male is recreational companionship; for a female, communication and conversation. The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness. The fourth basic need of a male is domestic support; for a female, financial support. The fifth basic need of a male is admiration and respect; for a woman, family commitment.

Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony.

What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.

Marriage is all right, but I think it's carrying love a little bit too far.

I'm good in bed, actually, and I think I could learn to be a good communicator, too. The only trouble with that is it leads to marriage.

There is need of variety in sex, but not in love.

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.

No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not.

Marriage may restrict your activity, but it increases your pleasure. It permits sex without shame, fear, or guilt.

It's all good when we making love, all I ask is don't take our love for granted, it's granted.

I can say I'm a relationship person, and I like relationships. I think I also like relationships because then you don't have to date because dating is horrible.

Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.

Sex is good for about two years, and then you need love.

There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men.