Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part 1: The Myth of Male Power, p. 75.
“When we commit violence against an infant girl, we call it child abuse; when we commit violence against an infant boy, we call it circumcision.”
— Warren Farrell, book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 221.
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