To add to what Blind said, which by the way was the best post this year in my opinion. The main problem seen in this, (this comes from articles I've read as well as personal observation) is the mens lack of standing up for being constantly insulted as a gender in general. There are so many times that woman call Men Stupid, Lazy, Assholes, Jerks, Dicks, etc on TV shows, the workplace, and at home, and it is not considered sexiest by either woman of the people quality checking the media, Such things have lead to woman being able to the openly criticize men for any sort of mistake or just generally being male, and we just stand there and take it, this is both verbal abuse and sexism, though I sound like I am getting carried away here I am not, just last month on digg I found an article pertaining to just exact subject, if my bookmarks had not erased I would have included it, but it brought up the points that I just made.
The other problem from the Manly way of sucking things up and living with it is Abuse at home, woman claim that far more woman are abused at home, while I am not debating this statistic, I am saying that the reason the gap is so large is because males for the most part don't report this kinds of things, from their upbringings they have been taught to be tough and to not be weak in any sort of way.
This also pertains to Chronic eating disorders in males brought about stress and other factors in their lifes being expected to pay for everything before their wedding, the bullshit 3 months salary engagement ring, the dinners, the movies, the rides and general expenses. And then being in a marriage where the wife usually comments on how useless the male is for not making enough money, or for her having to work too because he is too stupid to be able to provide for the family and all the other excuses. Females are taught that they have the power, and even though the males are expected to do all the things leading up the marriage they feel that should be able to control the sex. That would be quite fair if males had not already provided all those items for them.
In the ancient world, one before all these presets, Men were judged solely on Power and Woman mainly on looks, the best men would have many mates. So basicly the female was providing sex which the male wanted (you could say needed
) while the make provided protection, food and other items. So the cycle that grew from that was Materials for Sex, which was seen to work very well for both sexes until the early 20th century with the advent of equal rights. This turned the scales upside down and mean Woman now would have access to the Power/ Materials/ Money and still have the Sex, Now this is why now males are getting so screwed in a way, the females no longer need any of these items, now in most marriages, both partners work, most single woman work, there are many woman in the Fortune 500 List of the Worlds Wealthiest People. In giving woman equal rights, we have really tipped the scales the woman now have both Power and Sex vs. the Male Power. So what males have to do is simple either back down from the Power and allow Woman to become "equal" when the prodomienantly male trades and labor jobs are phased out for the non physical jobs that woman mostly hold, giving him higher earnings, which is predicted to happen in our lifetimes, or we step up to the plate and take back some of that power to bring balance to the sexual equality scale, now this does not have to be in jobs, though in terms of maintaining equality in the the next 40 years it will have to be, but also in the sexual part, men need to stop buying woman drinks, stop buying them items, and be generally harder to get, because though men earlier on in life want sex more, I'm sure that if men stopped making it so easy, woman would either stop requiring the ancient materials tradition from men and balance out the scales or they could even tip the other way in woman being able to ask men for sex the way we do.
The scales will tip more in the womans direction in the future, I am not sexiest in any way, this is just economics, with outsourcing and technology, a lot of male dominated jobs will disappear, while the female jobs will still be readily available, and in post secondary institutions, woman are out attending men and have been for many years, and the connection between higher wages and post secondary has been shown.
But away from the economic and onto the sexual side, men please stop giving woman so much power in the form of sex, stick up for yourself and don't feel bad if you bed a girl, you paid for it. Not that a am in favor of such an attitude, I'm just saying according to ancient society, thats the way it works.
Woman, please don't complain about men being assholes and only caring about sex, because you cannot deny you like it just as much as they do, and its a lot better to be paid in some form for sex then having to pay for it. So if you really don't have to have a one night stand, then put more value on personality then on their wallet.
As a final example on a far more personal level, I find myself not holding doors anymore for woman, but for more for couples and for men, I mean that may sound weird, but males seem to actually thank you for doing that, while woman either react in a negative way and just expect it. I personally think instead of being double standardized by woman we should help our fellow male comrades out, so the next time you see a guy looking sad and has a lot to carry, open the door for him. Because he will probably appreciate it a lot more then a woman.