During his feminist period, Farrell wrote op-eds for "The New York Times" and appeared frequently on the "Today" show and "Phil Donahue" show, and was featured in "People", "Parade" and the international media. This, and his women and men's groups, one of which had been joined by John Lennon, inspired "The Liberated Man". "The Liberated Man" was written from a feminist perspective, introducing alternative family and work arrangements that could better accommodate working women and encourage care-giving men. "The Liberated Man" was the beginning of Farrell's development of parallels for men to the female experience: for example, to women's experience as "sex objects", Farrell labeled men's parallel experience as "success objects."