I’m a fan of AskMen.com – the online men’s site that boasts 7 million readers per month. Being that I’m in their target demographic, that’s probably a good thing.
In my opinion, AskMen.com is like an online version of GQ, only it’s for straight-guys who don’t have trust funds. The articles on the site are also clearly meant for men, as they usually consist of a 5-10 bullet points with a corresponding paragraph. It’s functional, it’s logical, it’s to the point.
The 2009 version of “The Great Male Survey” came out on their site this week, and as someone who voted I wanted to check it out. And so, sticking with the theme of functional, logical, bullet-pointed posts – here are my 7 reactions from the AskMen.com “Great Male Survey” of 2009…
1. The Belief in the Institution of Marriage
75% of respondents said “Yes, I believe it is a necessary institution, and one that I will participate in to help preserve” when asked if they believed in marriage. Ahh, there may still be hope for our generation.
If you are getting married, try and find a way to top this for your wedding entrance:
2. More to Love?
52% of readers said that no, they wouldn’t dump their girlfriend if she became too fat. Of course, that means that 48% of readers said that yes, they would dump their girlfriend if she became too fat. C’est l’amore.
3. Wanted: Sugar Momma’
83% of respondants said that yes, they would be in a relationship with a woman who had a higher income than them. I don’t know if this stat is accredited to men starting to be cool with women making more than them, or the flat-out fact that the economy is just plain scary right now. Either way, it looks like the majority of men don’t mind if their woman makes more cheese than them.
4. Give It Some Time
61% of men said that the economic crisis hasn’t directly affected their career progress. Give it time fellas, he’s only been in office a couple of months.
5. Brad Pitt Was Seen Walking Into a Starbucks Today!
When asked if they followed celebrity gossip, 81% said “No, gossip is for women.” Amen to that. It’s clear that men have far more important things to focus on than trivial things like celebrity gossip, like fantasy football for example.
6. Obamanation
When asked which male celebrity they were tired of hearing about, Barack Obama tied Alex Rodriguez for first with 21% of readers voting for him. Obama’s poll results are also worse than George W.’s at this point in his tenure in office. Now that the lights are dimming on our prom king president maybe people will see that everything that is being done to ‘stimulate the economy’ is really all about giving as much of our power over to the federal government as Barry O can squeeze out of us.
7. Getting It Right Guys
57% of men said that being a good husband/and or father who takes care of his family was the #1 thing that makes a manly man in 2009. Much to my surprise, being wealthy was lowest on the list with only 2%. For this answer I offer a tip of the hat and a clip of a cigar to the fathers and husbands taking care of business at home.
