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

> Because men complained less, we made the false assumption that the complaints women experienced were only women’s complaints and, therefore, only women’s problems. Which created the rationale for women’s problems to be solved – or at least addressed – by public policy.

- 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/because-men-complained

## 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)