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

> The more a man is trained to “be a man,” the more he is trained to protect women and children, not hurt women and children. He is trained to volunteer to die before even a stranger is hurt – especially a woman or child.

- 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/the-more-a-man

## 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)