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"1. They love alpha women. The sexiest man alive, Brad Pitt, has become Angelina Jolie&amp;amp;#8217;s lackey&amp;amp;#8212;schlepping her babies, adopting her hobbies and transforming himself from a smirky dude to a UN Goodwill Ambassador&amp;amp;#8217;s personal assistant. Women everywhere are wooning. 2. They&amp;amp;#8217;re more than just talking heads. The age of the blow-dried, gray-suited somber anchorman is over at last, making room for realer, spunkier, not-afraid-to-cry-on-TV good guys like Anderson Cooper. Bonus: They&amp;amp;#8217;ve made way for women, too. 3. They&amp;amp;#8217;re warming up to sex toys. Unthreatened straight men are becoming bigger buyers at sex shops (finally understanding that itsy-bitsy, pink Japanese vibrators are a perfectly acceptable way to say &amp;amp;#8220;I love you&amp;amp;#8221;). 4. They&amp;amp;#8217;re aging so very well these days. Viggo Mortensen, George Clooney, Ed Harris&amp;amp;#8230;and, even still, Paul Newman. 5. They champion women&amp;amp;#8217;s rights. Take New York Times writer Nicholas D. Kristof, who made gender injustice his beat&amp;amp;#8212;and won a Pulitzer Prize. His columns on topics like sexual slavery and the heroism of Mukhtar Mai (a 2005 Glamour Woman of the Year) opened America&amp;amp;#8217;s eyes (and our pockets) to a crucial truth: Societies that victimize women threaten us all. 6. They&amp;amp;#8217;re a little less excited about that threesome idea. Thanks to Bill Paxton&amp;amp;#8217;s stressed-out polygamist gig on Big Love, men no longer dream of having their own harems. The poor guy is so beleaguered, the extra sex isn&amp;amp;#8217;t even worth it. 7. They&amp;amp;#8217;ve stopped wearing their pants around their knees. What did the coolest rap star in America, Kanye West, wear on a recent episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show? Tailored jeans&amp;amp;#8212;and an old-school Les Miz sweatshirt. 8. They still don&amp;amp;#8217;t ask for directions. But they&amp;amp;#8217;ve all got GPS, so now they don&amp;amp;#8217;t need to (only downside: fewer pee breaks for the womenfolk!). 9. They do nature and nurture. The number of male registered nurses has doubled in the past 20 years. Also up: male preschool teachers, librarians and nannies. 10. Jam bands are over. What does Phish&amp;amp;#8217;s demise mean to you? No more hemp necklaces or Tevas on your boyfriend! 11. The men on reality TV are, well, real. Enough with The Bachelor&amp;amp;#8217;s Ken dolls. Burly boys now get their close-up. There&amp;amp;#8217;s Monster Garage&amp;amp;#8217;s Jesse James, the scruffy Deadliest Catch fishermen and that genius Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan. 12. They&amp;amp;#8217;re better dads than ever. That&amp;amp;#8217;s why baby companies target men&amp;amp;#8217;s egos and wallets with vehicles like the Jeep Liberty Stroller (Limited XT Urban Terrain). Tricked-out wheels are hot on daddy blogs (daddytypes.com, moderndaydad.com, etc.&amp;amp;#8212;all penned during naptime, of course). 13. They like the same TV we do. Grey&amp;amp;#8217;s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, HGTV. All &amp;amp;#8220;ladies&amp;amp;#8217;&amp;amp;#8221; programming with devoted male followings. 14. They even do the Downward Dog. His-and-hers yoga mats! Men-only Pilates classes! Let&amp;amp;#8217;s face the facts: Guys are one quick jet&amp;amp;#233; away from ballet class. 15. They&amp;amp;#8217;re better in bed. A 1993 study said 15 percent of women almost always climax during sex. By 2004: 27 percent. Good work, guys; keep it up"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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