Careers. Relationships. Sex.
Now that will get your attention. Which we think was the point of the survey done by web sites Yahoo! Shine and AskMen.com to see how men and women stack up on these all important matters. Specifically, the 18 to 34 set.
Let's start with work (we'll build to the sex results later).
It seems the female persuasion wants to be defined differently than Mrs. Brady. Three out of four women describe themselves as "do-it-all multi-taskers." Only 8 percent want to be called a nurturing mother.
Which brings us to some harsh results on relationships.
Call it a “double chin standard”. Almost half the men surveyed said they'd dump a girlfriend if she got fat. Ladies don't mind more to love. In fact, 70 percent said they'd keep a husky boyfriend around.
Here's some scoop for men. One in three women consider confidence their secret weapon compared 17 percent who said they use their looks to woo men. Does that mean hot, insecure women won't get picked up? We doubt it.
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“We’re not surprised by these results -- the outcome of this survey confirms what we know about the women of Yahoo! Shine,” said Brandon Holley, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! Shine. “They’re smart, outspoken, confident and most importantly, honest with themselves.”
Speaking of honesty, marriage is losing steam with women but gaining with men. Twelve percent fewer women than men believe saying "I do" is required for happiness. Meanwhile, more men said they believe in marriage and a girlfriend's "wife potential" was up 12 percent over last year.
The most agreed upon thing for men and women? The pill -- for men, that is. If scientists could make a reliable male birth control pill, 60 percent of men said they would take it, and 68 percent of women said they'd be happy to hand their pill packets over to the men.
And yes, it appears men still can't get no satisfication. Seventy percent said they are not entirely satisfied with their sex lives, and 69 percent have fantasized about sleeping with their partner’s friends. Now that instills confidence in the ladies, doesn't it.
“The results of the 2009 survey confirmed that men aren’t the bumbling sex maniacs that TV shows and commercials make us out to be," James Bassil, Editor-in-Chief of AskMen.com said. "We’re in fact intelligent, romantic, self-aware beings . . . with enormous libidos.”
We're not sure a survey was necessary to confirm that point.
