# Quote — Warren Farrell, Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say

> A woman living with her mother has limited freedom; a man living with his mother has limited freedom and limited respect. For most men, the vacuum (of no support system) is so devastating, they’d rather agree with their wife than express their feelings and risk emotional withdrawal.

- Author: [Warren Farrell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell.md)
- Book: [Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warren_Farrell#Women_Can't_Hear_What_Men_Don't_Say_(2000)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say/a-woman-living

## More from this book

> Men learn to call pain “glory”; women learn to call the police.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say/men-learn-to-call.md)

> What Men Would Say When Male-Bashing Is Called “Funny,” But Female-Bashing Is Called “Sexist”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say/what-men-would.md)

> A week after you read this chapter, misandry will become apparent in commercials, in films, in everyday conversations. But the bias that is hardest to see is the bias we share.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/warren-farrell/women-cant-hear-what-men-dont-say/a-week-after.md)