Gotta disagree with this man on some things, he's no expert on women, so it's best not to take his advice very seriously as he makes a lot of generalizations..

Women like it when you play with their hair?? Um, no...I am a woman and I HATE it, I hate it when a guy is running his dirty, greasy fingers after he just ate chips into my waist-length hair and then "oops", it got caught on a knot, and they pull and pull to get their fingers free, and 5 strands end up being torn out of my scalp and falling on the bed or wherever. Leave our hair alone, especially if it is long, gets tangled easily, or we just styled it. I hate spending 20 minutes getting my hair styled only to have some guy run his hand through and ruin my 'do.

Women share dates with their friends? Sorry, gotta disagree on that one too, I never tell my friends, my private love life is none of their business, yet I constantly hear men brag about their romp in bed last night to their friends and how good the woman was at performing sexual acts, so it's MEN who share, maybe some women do, but not ALL women want to seem like the office slut, but men want to seem like DA MAN in front of their co-workers.

Arguments are always about the relationship? Nope, they can be about money, the fact you left your dirty underwear on the floor or near our pillow, the sticky kitchen counter you left behind when making a snack, the fact you didn't even bother to put the dishes in the dishwasher, the pee splattered all over the toilet seat..get a clue.

So when you're out to dinner with a guy and glance up from the menu to catch him watching the mini-skirted waitress wriggle a coffeepot off the top shelf, you don't get how innocent this really is, because there is no hardwired female equivalent. I think in this case guys should stop trying to explain dogs to cats, and simply work harder not to get caught. And if you do catch him, really? All this proves is that he's truly, deeply heterosexual, and unlikely to hit you with a nasty identity surprise three days before your wedding.

Sorry, but I disagree. It does NOT prove he is heterosexual, it proves he's still scouting other women, he's shopping the market, and the minute he finds a better girl, you're out. The nasty surprise before the wedding may not be that he is gay, but that he slept with the bartender or the girl at the gym whose breasts were spilling out of her top.

I am SO tired of these articles from men purporting to have insight into what women are thinking and feeling. It's baffling how idiotic this article is. I don't even know where to start.

"This will sound like I'm just sucking up, but I'm not." Telling me your feelings on how superior men are to women in no way conveys "sucking up", just the opposite. I have to disagree. We control when you get to have sex, we never have to worry about accidental public boners, we are taught how to express our feelings with ease, since there are sperm banks we don't technically need you to continue the human race, and statistically we live longer than you. I also get paid the same amount as the men with the same title at my company.

“nobody is ever, ever looking at your ass!” and "you don't get how innocent this really is, because there is no hardwired female equivalent." I think it's hilarious that men truly believe women's minds are so rarely on sex. If this is your experience with women I have to say, you're doing something wrong. I check out men's asses, I take in every attractive detail of that handsome waiter when he and my boyfriend aren't looking, then I think about him when I'm alone. Sound familiar?

I think for some reason it's impossible for men to accept that their sweet darling little girlfriend could have thoughts as dirty as theirs. I'd say your attitude toward women in general conveys why you are under this false assumption. What woman would feel comfortable truly letting lose and exploring fantasies with a man who thinks biology has made him fundamentally better than her?

Men have it easier? Yes and no. Men may have it easier in the physical aspects of life, but they damn sure don't have it easier with legal battles. Just tell that to my brother who lost everything in an uber-nasty divorce. He lost everything because of a false accusation, which was proven to be a lie later in a statement by none other than his ex-wife, was reimbursed absolutely nothing in his court costs, and STILL was forced to pay her a hefty alimony after the fact of the lie.

Sounds like CRAP to me... Glad I do not go by what I see on the net. 99% of it is CRAP. Just be a rewal guy, and take charge of things. DON'T wip out...........

this is article sucks and is nothing but crap!!! to the person who wrote this you need help because if you think you can know a women from a maxim magazine you gonna have troubles with a women!!! same with all mag's for women and men, they are all a joke!!! why is it that men and women think they know eachothers sexs? everyone is different!!

If he had to spend 4 years editing a magazine to learn these things, this guy is in trouble!!!...Which explains why he still isn't the editor. Better find a new career.

If someone does not want to or focus on fixing the issue, than don't bother me. I am not an emotional crying towel. That can be either male or female.

Wow, another sexist article from Maxim. What a shocker. Look, if men really want to know something about women, how about this: the majority of women are actually not simpering emotional twits, and men are not pardoned from being rude to women just because they are male.

If you are a cheater, then call it that.... but know this... the biology excuse doesn't hold water. First, humans (with some exceptions here and there, which there will always be) have been monogamous animals for our entire existence, and many of our pre-human ancestors were as well. This served many purposes, one of which was to support a longer childhood in human babies that required the care of two parents. Second, in non-monogamous primates (like chimps), BOTH male and female sleep around, NOT just male. So women would be staring, slobbering, cheating too if we were, in fact non-monogamous. Either way, let's stop using the Pseudoscience-But-ima-Neaderthal Argument, mmm?

Also, can we stop with the "Women like this," and "Men hate that" BS? Last I checked, we don't all plug into one brain We are all delectably different, and that's as it should be. Are you less of a man if you like to go to a museum? Am I less of a woman if I am good at math? Please spare us the Men are from Mars crap, because it's tiresome, outdated, and not based in fact. People are all different, and creating gender segregation only leads to tension between the sexes. The majority of these perceived "brain" differences are cultural anyhow, and very easily overcome (just look at cultures where women are considered the "logical" ones and men the "emotional" ones for evidence).

Take responsibility for your actions, be a good person, be more evolved than society gives you credit for. This article is insulting to men and women. We are all better than this man describes.

Wow, another sexist article from Maxim. What a shocker. Look, if men really want to know something about women, how about this: the majority of women are actually not simpering emotional twits, and men are not pardoned from being rude to women just because they are male.

If you are a cheater, then call it that.... but know this... the biology excuse doesn't hold water. First, humans (with some exceptions here and there, which there will always be) have been monogamous animals for our entire existence, and many of our pre-human ancestors were as well. This served many purposes, one of which was to support a longer childhood in human babies that required the care of two parents. Second, in non-monogamous primates (like chimps), BOTH male and female sleep around, NOT just male. So women would be staring, slobbering, cheating too if we were, in fact non-monogamous. Either way, let's stop using the Pseudoscience-But-ima-Neaderthal Argument, mmm?

Also, can we stop with the "Women like this," and "Men hate that" BS? Last I checked, we don't all plug into one brain We are all delectably different, and that's as it should be. Are you less of a man if you like to go to a museum? Am I less of a woman if I am good at math? Please spare us the Men are from Mars crap, because it's tiresome, outdated, and not based in fact. People are all different, and creating gender segregation only leads to tension between the sexes. The majority of these perceived "brain" differences are cultural anyhow, and very easily overcome (just look at cultures where women are considered the "logical" ones and men the "emotional" ones for evidence).

Take responsibility for your actions, be a good person, be more evolved than society gives you credit for. This article is insulting to men and women. We are all better than this man describes.

I agree with these posters, men in a committed relationship should stop ogling other women.  They say they want their women to be confident while they are checking out other women.  This is crazy.  Men will be men biology excuse, give me a break.  Men need to focus on the woman they are with, and not other women period!!  Not to mention that ogling women objectifies us.  We do not exist striclty for the pleasure of men!!!

more psychobabble about the differences between the sexes.

unfortunately, not all women are as complicated as he describes.

or all men as simple.

more psychobabble about the differences between the sexes.

unfortunately, not all women are as complicated as he describes.

or all men as simple.

ther biggest afrodisiac for woman is simple-its money.American woman are for sale,all of them.Ever see an even remotley good looking homeless woman??DIDNT THINK SO-

I was a po boy most of my life with "richer"friends who were ugly with no personalities who couldnt keep the woman away from them.I could never understand it till I got older.Then as I got older I also realized they loved being treated like doo doo and the rich men fit right in because they had money,anmd most rich men were complete woman izers so they loved them.

I really wish these things werent true but in every situation I have seen,its true-but hey,thats just me-your situation might be worse-:)

Jonny, I don't know where you live or the people you hang out with, but you need some new friends. Only completely shallow, lazy losers are 'for sale', as you put it; no woman with even an ounce of self-respect goes after some guy for his money. (The ones who do tend to be pretty recognizable, too, so any guy dumb enough to fall for that game kind of deserves whatever happens to him.) There's a reason women are so critical of 'gold-diggers'; if you think men think they're trash, it's -nothing- to the opinion other women have of them. Case in point: there's this incredibly misogynistic radio DJ on one of the stations where I live, who also happens to be married, and any time I run across his show I wonder, "How the hell is this dude married, and what the F**K is wrong with his wife?" You can't sit there and lump all women into one category just because your experience with them has obviously been limited to one type.

The fact of the matter is present day men haven't a clue about women.

After a date, I doubt seriously the 'modern' man doesn't know the color of the dress, the style of the dress, the color of the eyes, what kind of shoes, etc., etc.

The current version of man is intent on misguided peer recognition and believes that women believe the same thing.

In short, the current version man thing is completely oblivious(due to peer pressure, virtual reality, etc.) to the real world(the problem is are women falling into the same thing?).

What needs to be done is to 'step back' and put a little, old fashioned romance into it.

It's not as hard as one thinks,----------------and the benefits are enormous!

I want my rib back.

Dude has a point. Sure makes hookers go from being cheap to being affordable. Can I get an amen?

"So ladies, if you like a guy and the date is heading down a boring path through no fault of his, feel free to step in and throw a wrench in the works just to see what he'll do. If he duds out it's better to find out sooner, and if you DO end up together, your "first date" story is going to live forever … so it'll strengthen your memoirs to make it a good one. "

Two examples same girl and she admitted both to me.....First lunch date was impromptu, and it was raining cats and dogs she said yes figuring I wouldnt walk in the rain with her......I did

We had a date scheduled and she was intentionally late by 3 HOURS just to see what kind of man I was and how I would handle it.....I passed the test.

And yes she still does bring up the story about me being willing to walk with her in the rain.

Let's break it down point by point:

You boys don't keep your nails trimmed enough, your oily paws clean enough or your callouses filed enough to have the magic fingers. Women like it when you BRUSH their hair. Especially if, like me, you've grown it long because YOUR HUSBAND LIKES IT THAT WAY. It's a ton of work, my arms get tired with all that brushing, and if I had my druthers, I'd have a short simple wash n go style.

Arguments are seldom actually about the relationship. Trust me boys, if she's pointing out the flaws of it, she's already got the digits of the competition. Sometimes griping about the nasty socks on the couch is about the fact that you are slobs. We are not your maids, despite what your costume fetish has already led you to believe. Pick them up or do your own damn laundry!

I will allow that women have the raw deal only because women's mags don't presume to know what men think. Of course, that's mostly because we realize that the answer is either work, sex, or alcohol. We don't go diving into your psyche, mainly because nobody should dive in the shallow end.

Women DO want an explanation. It helps us help you from committing the same assanine mistake again. If you don't tell us that you scratched the car door because the bicycle was not close enough to the wall, we don't know to move the bicycle. Remember though, we want an explanation, not an excuse.

Wandering gazes are rarely innocent. The only ones that are, are the ones that are shared. This goes both ways! Women DO check out men's butts, and their shoulder width and yes, lads, even the size of the bulge in the jeans. Women DO think a great deal about sex. Take a look at the overall level of variety between our sextoys and yours. We have so many to choose from, we have Tupperware style parties to see the "new lines." We're just more discrete.

Women are not vulnerable to your curveball. We know you are full of crap and just attempting entry into our knickers. You do not get her defenses when telling a hot woman that she is hot. You get her contempt, a sort of "well spotted, you moron," reaction. When you tell a smart woman she's hot, her first instinct is "what do you want?" You're kissing her a$$ and she recognizes it for the load of manure it is. Try something more genuine next time.

Women dress for the person they choose to impress. It could be their girlfriends, it could be you. If you want a woman to dress to impress you, be worthy of the effort. Her girls are there for her and even women she doesn't know feel the bond of sisterly solidarity. They might not know each other, but they would gladly give you a shot in the pills if the other asked. Be the wonderful man your mother attempted to raise and she WILL dress in an effort to look good on your arm. Help the effort by not griping at her if her makeup session takes some time. If you hadn't stunk up the bathroom, it would be done by now.

For women, the date is over when he has decided on whether to keep you in her life. If you got a hurried kiss good night and no request of "Call me," it's over. If she offered earnestly to be allowed to cover her half of the check, it's over. If the girls hear about the date, it was over before you finished the movie. Trust me, she's looking for a "I've had worse" comparison if she's calling her girls in the morning. If it was the greatest night ever, she's not about to tell them, for fear that they'll try to steal you away.

Women DO want you to fix it. That's what you're on this earth to do. We have our girlfriends for sympathy. You are no good at it so don't bother. Just fix the problem. If the mother in law is a total troll, fix it by not inviting her to come see the new house. If the boss is a jerk, find a way that allows for finding a new job.

Lastly, gentlemen, stop reading Maxim for your insight into women. If you find a woman who fits the mold Maxim tells you she ought to fit, sleep with one eye open. She's a psycho Tylenol gelcap...tick tock tick tock...Crazy's comin'. The author took 4 years to learn the wrong information. Hopefully, your women can save you that waste of time.