Cosmo's Man Summit: What Do Men Want?

To answer this question, Cosmopolitan conducted a survey of 1,500 men to explore the surprising ways male goals and needs—both professional and personal—are changing. The revealing results, which you can read below, will be unveiled and analyzed by a panel of key experts at the first-of-its-kind “Man Summit," hosted at Cosmo's headquarters in New York City. The expert panel—a mix of psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists—will attempt to explain what’s driving these major shifts and the impact they’re likely to have on women’s lives—because let's face it, what's going on in his head does affect you. Check out the results here, and include your comments about what you think is going on with guys today. redesignPageHead ABOVE SHOULD EXIST ON ALL ARTICLE PAGES (FOR NOW) (IE style comments prevent IE6 character repeat bug on Video Gallery Landing Page) Chris Clinton

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Key findings of the Man Summit survey include:

61% of men say that guys today have it harder than men of previous generations, yet 58% of women believe that men have it easier.

59% of men and 76% of women think most men would feel uncomfortable if their partner had a bigger paycheck.
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67% of guys and 73% of women say men today are less ambitious than they were a generation ago.

60% of men and 53% of women agree that women have unrealistic expectations of men—and that women expect more from men than men expect from women.
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32% of men and 29% of women think that their generation will have happier marriages than past generations.

29% of men report that the number one thing women don’t understand about them is that they want to feel needed. If the woman is overly independent or ambivalent, he’ll worry there isn’t a place for him in her life.
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