Editing Warren Farrell (section)

== Critical reception ==
Early critiques in the ''New York Times Book Review'' by [[Larry McMurtry]] and John Leonard included disdain for Farrell's use of gender-neutral language in ''The Liberated Man''.<ref>''Reviews'':
* {{cite news | last = Leonard | first = John | title = Gender Gap: The Last Word (book review) | work = [[The New York Times]] | page = back page | date = February 9, 1975 }}
* {{cite news | last = McMurtry | first = Larry | title = Book review | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = January 5, 1975 }}</ref> More recently, conservative and antifeminist [[Phyllis Schlafly]] labeled Farrell a "feminist apologist", though praises his research for ''Father and Child Reunion''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Schlafly| first = Phyllis (keynote) | title = American Coalition for Fathers and Children's National Family Law Reform Conference | location = Washington, DC | year = 2006}}</ref> [[Kate Zernike]] of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' refers to Farrell as "the sage of the men's movement",<ref>{{cite news | last = Zernike | first = Kate | title = Feminism has created progress, but man, oh, man, look what else | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/06/21/feminism-has-created-progress-but-man-oh-man-look-what-else/ | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = June 21, 1997}}</ref> and the description of him as the "Gloria Steinem of men's liberation"<ref>Kleiman, Carol. "400 men try to beat 'chauvinist pig' rap." The Montreal Gazette December 29, 1977, p.27. Print.</ref> by Carol Kleiman of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' ranked Farrell, [[Thomas Aquinas]], and [[John Stuart Mill]] as three of history's leading male feminists.<ref>{{cite news | title = This issue is about women | page = front page | work = [[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] | date = July 1973}}</ref>

Farrell's collaborations with [[Ken Wilber]],<ref>{{cite news| last = deVos| first = Corey| title = Warren Farrell on Integral Naked – Redefining the Relationships Between Men and Women| publisher = KenWilber.com| date = June 16, 2008| url = http://www.kenwilber.com/blog/show/453| access-date = September 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = deVos| first = Corey| title = Warren Farrell – Beyond Feminism and Masculism| publisher = Holons| date = July 17, 2008| url = http://www.holons-news.com/node/251| access-date = September 30, 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080930222147/http://www.holons-news.com/node/251| archive-date = September 30, 2008}}</ref> [[John Gray (U.S. author)|John Gray]],<ref>{{cite web| title = Authors John Gray and Warren Farrell on "Men, Women, Love & Chaos"| publisher = Goldstar| date = March 21, 2007| url = http://www.goldstar.com/events/mill-valley-ca/gray-and-farrell-men-women-love-and-chaos.html | access-date = September 30, 2008}}</ref> and [[Richard Nelson Bolles|Richard Bolles]]<ref>{{cite web| title = What Color is Your Parachute?: Earning versus Living| date = June 13, 2008| url = http://www.wisdomatworkaustin.org/Events.htm| access-date = September 30, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080614023537/http://www.wisdomatworkaustin.org/Events.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 14, 2008}}</ref> have introduced his messages to more diverse and receptive audiences.

Farrell's advocacy for boys and men's issues is often criticized in the media as making him 'a leading figure of the men's rights movement'; ''GQ'' calls Farrell "The Martin Luther King of the men's movement."<ref>{{Cite web |title=TEDxMarin {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14131#:~:text=Warren%20Farrell%20Ph.D. |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.ted.com}}</ref>