Hmmm... I'll just list stuff at random.

1. The way women walk. Many women have a certain grace and smoothness to the way they move that men just don't have. Not the ones I know, anyway.
2. Women are soft.
3. Hair. Women can do some amazing things with their hair if it's of any decent length. They can wear it up, wear it down, curl it, braid it, stick it in a ponytail, whatever works. Black women are especially good at changing up their styles successfully. How do they do it!?
4. Different way of seeing the world. Without getting into the whole emotional/logical thing, it is true that women (or at least the ones I know) just see things differently than men. They notice different angles or aspects of a situation that most men will miss, and having women involved on projects (work, church, planning a camping trip, whatever) helps broaden my view.
5. Women have the best laughs.
I think that's enough for now.

What else can I say except difference of opinion. All guys I know tend to have the same opinion as each other and girls seem to have their own types and styles of opinion to. It makes for nice conversation.

They're so sexy! Walking, talking, smiling.

The smart ones care about others, as I do -- but not in the same way. After hearing I've talked with somebody, their questions about what I've talked about, or not, are quite different than what I'd have asked them.

They're usually shorter than me, and dress better.

Their general lack of interest in most sports, even women sports.

Their shapes.
Their smells.
The feel of their skin.
Their openness with their feelings.
Their taste in books and movies and art is generally much better than straight men. (Music, not so much)
They are the mothers of our children.

Dean, this is almost an impossible question to answer. I mean, what's not to like? In any case, here is my feeble attempt:

Their grace. Ever been in a room full of people and seen a woman enter, in all her almost feline-ish grace, and have the room collectively hold it's breath?

Their oneness. Women have this beautiful way of being as one with themselves despite the fact that you may be watching or that they may be in a room full of people. They have their own individual way of doing certain little things that makes them unique. A walk, a smile, brushing their hair, taking little bites of a fruit. I could watch for hours and never get bored.

Maternal instinct. At the risk of sounding chauvanistic, all women have it. When you are down or had a bad day or generally feel like shit, they try to make you feel better. Whether its running their fingers thru your hair or holding your hand or making you chicken soup. They want to be there for you.

They are smarter than me. Sure, I may know what play to call on a 3rd and long with a minute left to play, but she knows how to make me forget the game is on.

Beauty. The skin, the hair, the legs, the shape. That delicious area behind the ear. The primped hands, the cute toes. The scent.

Women generally are compassionate and more caring than most guys, myself included. This is a quality I admire most. I learnt it the hard way, when I got very seriously ill, and almost died.
On the flip side, I find the lack of interest, and lack of curiosity, some women show in various matters terribly annoying. Some women seem to find it perfectly happy being rather ignorant and superficial. E.G: Last summer I met a woman in her 30's, who was born and raised in the USA, who had never heard of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!!!! She didnot even know if Israel was a country, or if Israel was some kind of Chinese takeout food. Even afterthis waspointed out to her, she is quite happy and is still as ignorant as ever!!!!

I like women because I can be intimate with them in a more unselfconscious way than I can with men. Intimacy with men always has me wondering if I'm "good enough" or if I'm "doing it right", but more often with women I feel like I can be completely myself without being harshly judged or rejected. It's a sisterly kind of intimacy that's fulfilling without too much danger. Despite the fact that I'll probably spend my life committed to a man, I'd be lost without women.

"A woman's heart is like the wind."

They take care of all the stuff that needs to be taken care of, but we're not interested in. Stuff like "window treatments". I mean, does a hetero male ever even say "window treatments"?

And without women, we men would be spending Thanksgiving afternoons watching football on an empty stomach. And deservedly so.

Short answer - everything.

I like (and sometimes hate) the fact that I can't understand them - it's like (geek alert) being a member of a race of telepathic aliens who suddenly encounters a non-telepath and is shocked by this unpredictable, mysterious creature.

I like how they're usually much better organized than me.

I also like the fact that I'm much better with directions :)

I like all of what Dave said.

And a slightly chauvinistic thing would be the way they get scared of silly things (spiders, mice, etc) and then expect me to protect them from them. Which I do, of course. Likewise with actual threats, although I'd prefer if those didn't exist.

And man, they do look incredible, don't they? Even the most unattractive woman has something about her on a purely aesthetic level that even the best-looking men lack completely.

And curves. Love those curves.

I like the woman's often eccentric and irrational behaviour, which from a distance can provide you with endless hours of amusement.

The problem with a question like this is, as some other guys have posted it, is that there are too many possible answers. In line with that, I'll just say what's great women is that everything about them feels just right.

Her face. Her eyes. Her lips. Her hair. Her voice. Her body. Her soul. All of her. Curvaceous. Encircling. (As I am drawn to _that_ -- don't call me "straight"!) So captivating. Woman. Queen. Goddess. Up with Beauty!

Simple answer: They are not men!

I don't like "women" per se, I like some women. I like each of them for a different reason that is hard to quantify. I have to admit that I have always preferred the company of women to men (probably because I don't like sports). But even as a child I tended to drift towards hang out with girls rather than boys (with the obvious er...fringe benefits :)

I agree with the majority here that have said, the short answer is "everything".

No question about it. But that's because they are the ying to our yang. They complete us. We are attracted to them the way the north pole of a magnet is attracted to the south pole. At least in that instance there are laws of physics to explain it.

To me it is all the hard work they put into looking and smelling beautiful. Their soft skin, silky hair, curvaceous bodies and mysterious eyes. All the things that make them mysteries to us, so completely opposite in every way.

But most of all, the thing I like best is that they like us. And why ? No idea, although Dean's original question has helped us to understand. So we stand in awe of their beauty and unmistakable feminism and hope and pray they like us and then will spend the rest of eternity trying desparately to please them and someday understand them. For they are everything that we are not.

I like the way women share their vulnerability. They're competitive with each other - that's for sure - but at the same time they are able to openly discuss their frustrations and inadequacies as they try to be good women. Men tend to bury vulnerability - not necessarily in the sense that we consciously hide it, but in the sense that it almost never comes up in conversation.

I like the fact that women like to gossip. It's a guilty pleasure.

I love everything about the way women look and feel. Must be some kind of hard-wired biological thing...

Lets face it guys, as many reasons as we may have for not liking them, as many as may have done us wrong or treated us badly, they are still the best thing going and the core reason for the world turning and the cosmos existing. And if it hadn't been for one each: we wouldn't even be here in the first place, Moms. Sugar Bear

Don't forget voices. Many women have voices that are almost musical.

With few exceptions, I'm at one with the rest of the guys. I dislike Ara's implication of their inconstancy and caprice, I don't share Mac Swift's condescension. Maybe I'm lucky. I never met an airhead such as Ronin describes, but they surely do exist among both sexes. The one thing I would add is that they make great friends. Friendship with men can involve mutual sizing up, my thing/car/plane/boat is bigger and better than yours, etc. Women's loyalty is deeper and rests on a foundation of trust and affection.

Finally, they have those magical, mysterious, speaking eyes. Enchantment. Witchery.

I think that I could write for hours about this, but I will try to be brief.

Women are beautiful. I don't think there is much greater pleasure than simply drinking in the beauty of a woman.

Women enjoy an increased level of intamacy and depth to all of hteir relationships. While men can have a dep and intimate relationship, they tend to have very few of them. Women, however, can have many deeper relationships. I am closer to more of my female friends than male ones.

Women delight in being cherished. Even the simplest act that shows you care, or shows how much you value them makes a woman happy in a way that is complely like any reaction that I can inspire in a guy.

Women see nuance and subtext far more clearly than men do. They can see through what is being said and into what is being implied far better than most men.

Women like to share. Tell a problem to a man and he will try to fix it, tell one to a woman and she will just share your frustration or worry and help you through it.

There is so much more, but that's probably enough. Women are wonderful creatures, I delight in their presence and mourn in their absence.

John Van Laer:

You've never been sailing, I take it.

I don't have much to say that hasn't been said already.

I love women's beauty and grace and charm. I love it that they are equally beautiful, graceful, and charming in an evening gown or a sweatshirt and shorts.

After reading the replies to Dean's earlier question, I love the way women like men to be masculine. I love that women are quite capable of checking the oil, killing spiders, mowing the lawn, and opening doors, but that they want men to. I love the way women draw out men's masculinity.

I love the way women can keep ten million things under control and the skill with which they can manage all the day to day complexities of life - kid's schedules, carpools, our social calendar, errands, groceries, birthdays, and so on. And they make it look so easy!

I love the way women expect to be utterly spoiled by men on birthdays, anniversaries, and Valentine's Day.

I love it when my wife is jealous and possessive of me. I love the way a woman's attention makes a man feel.

I agree with Mac - I love how women are sometimes just irrational (at least, from my perspective). I love it that I've yet to meet a woman who believes her emotions ought to be somehow restrained by facts and logic.

I love that a woman will insist she absolutely does not want a coke, but then drinks half of yours instead.

I love it that women are capable and competent in just about any situation when the need arises.

I love it that women provide stability and calm in a chaotic world.

Being a fundamentalist Christian, I don't think I'm allowed to say that "they are the ying to our yang" :-) so I'll just say I love the way God made women to be perfect complements to men.

I like it when they're feisty, mighty, even. There is a reason why the Statue of Liberty is a woman. Can anything make your heart pound and rise to battle like an impassioned woman?

Women can be kind to you in ways men just don't understand.

Women pick up on subtle things in your voice or expression and understand. Some men are that observant, but not many.

Lipstick. What could be more beautiful than a woman with gorgeous, wet-looking, sumptuous lips? See Angelina Jolie.

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Essentially all men love essentially all women.

Essentially all men would lay down their lives to protect even a woman who was a total stranger, about whom they knew nothing.

Essentially all men would die by torture to avert any kind of harm that threatened a pregnant woman, even a pregnant woman who was a total stranger.

It's graven in the genes.

The women that I love, I love because I am never afraid to let my guard down for them. Even with my closest male friends, with whom I've gone through the best and worst times... guys I'd lay it all on the line for in a second, I'm never completely vulnerable, because some sort of unspoken rule demands it. With any woman I trust, on the other hand, I feel completely able to allow my weaknesses and soft spots to show. I honestly don't know what I'd do without female confidants... sometimes privacy is too much to bear.

I forgot to add: they're also much, much better looking than anything else around, and are about the only things on earth worth holding, cuddling with, or kissing.

One thing I like about women, inter alia, is the ability to bring a uniquely different perspective to any given situation. Women -- in my estimation -- tend to more thoughtful than average, and this can make for thought-provoking exchanges not always to be had with men. Physically, women's bodies have always excercised great fascination for me . . . more than just a case of "what's under there?" . . . women's curves and shapeliness are a great source of natural beauty.

They are not men. I like women because they are so alien to me.

I agree with almost all the comments here. But we have to keep in mind, that there are women with good qualities, and women with bad qualities - the goal is to find the right kind to hang out with, to start a erelationship etc. When I was very sick and dying in a cancer ward, my then fiancee was coldhearted enough to dump me over the phone, because she didnot want her legal career aspirations held back by a sick, dying fiance!!!! But, since, I have met a wonderful woman, who is educated and smart and athletic, who is secure enough to be willing to put up with my idiosyncracies and typical male eccentricities, and also isnt afraid to slap me one upside the head when I need it!!!!!

I cannot really answer what I like about women, but rather what I like in a woman.

1. A nice body with plenty of curves.
2. Intelligence [At my level or above]
3. Humor
4. Goals

Still looking for the right one--the last girl only had #1 and that just doesn't cut it.

I like their curves, and the little illogical shapes in their design. They got stuff they don't really need, and I kinda like it. Men were designed by a German god, women were designed by an Italian goddess. And there's nothing like the way a woman's back and bottom look when she's fit, and wearing one of those T-top shirts...

I like the way that I haven't a clue about how they think, and that they cannot believe that I'm not thinking about anything when I say I'm not thinking about anything.

I like the way they come to me to solve their problems, and the way they seem shocked and happy when I just listen, and ask if they would prefer a shoulder or a solution, or both.

I love the way that even the toughest broad has an inner china doll that is pretty, and delicate, if you have the patience to look for it.

I enjoy the fact that they are like cats. I'm not really a cat guy. I'm a dog guy, always have been. But when you get used to being around good cats, the cats sort of start picking up your habits, they form to your personality, they mold to you like warm wax... and all of a sudden you're a dog guy with a cat you love.

I like the way they think of the details of social interactions ahead of time. For the life of me, I can't remember birthdays and anniversaries. But I've yet to meet a woman who has forgotten my birthday after finding it out, or who has forgotten that I love the colors blue and black, and sometimes red.

I will admit I hate that women try and get me to talk about emotions. I spent a lot of time learning how to be cool headed. We guys call it growing up. A man may yell and bitch, but he doesn't take it too seriously... but at the same time, I love that women worry about what we're feeling, and try to get us to dredge it up. It doesn't happen often, but if you make us, we will do it. And I love how much women appreciate it when we do open that little window into our inner steel foundry.

I love the way a woman's neck smells. With or without perfume, it's the best place to stick your nose.

I like the noises they make. Guys only talk, yell, or grunt. Women make little chirps, sighs, and bird noises, along with having marvelous inflections in their speech. I have about four inflections - Churchill, Hitler, Roosevelt, and Cletus. The average woman, in contrast, is an opera singer. They also do all these little things with their head and posture that I totally miss. Where'd they ever learn this stuff?

I like that almost all women are pretty, especially when they decide to let go of their cares for a minute and smile. It's like somebody turned on the lights. Women in all shapes and sizes when they walk down the hall with that wiggle... damn. Who was that poet who wrote about the "liquifaction of Julia's clothes"? I know exactly what he meant by it...

I like watching women move. Especially when they are jogging. Or throwing a ball. Or dancing. You don't think I watched Baywatch for the stories? And by the way, it was the flatchested one with the short hair that always caught my eye, not Pamela Anderson Silicate -- and this was as much of a surprise to me, as you. Heck, I don't ever know what kind of woman will look good to me, and that's another appealing thing about 'em. Girls I'd never suspect sometimes knock me dead.

I also like the looks that women can give. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes the flash of a woman's eyes with a little smile makes me feel like somebody touched my spine with a 220 volt wire. Nothing pre-meditated or dirty about it... just a jolt that I can't help. It's nice, like a shot of good bourbon.

The other thing that I like about women is that I've dated and known enough of them who are crazy, nasty, incomplete as humans, and totally irrational, to make me appreciate the strong, mature, kind, gentle woman that has put up with me for the last 10 years, and who is carrying my child right now. That the race of women has given me one like her, is enough to forgive a myriad of faults.

I love the way women fuss over their bodies. Your average guy will take a serious whack, shake or rub the injured part for a second, and pointedly ignore it thereafter. Your average women takes a nick and the whole ballgame stops. It's great. Examine it, treat it, reexamine it, re-treat it, until it's all better. I once visited a female doctor for a sprained ankle that I'd been foolishly walking around on for a couple of weeks. Her first words upon seeing it were "Oh, you poor thing." She was talking to my ankle! And I was loving it! There are few things more enjoyable than having some bodily malady fussed over by a loving woman. I suspect there are more than a few men whose lives have been lengthened because a loving woman either cared for or prompted care for one of those "ahh, it's just a" injuries or illnesses that could have become life-threatening if not treated.

Women seem to constantly perform self-diagnostics on their bodies. How's it running, how's it looking, how's it smelling? For men, as long as that sucker starts up in the morning, that's all we care about. Maybe the monthly curse has something to do with how much more in touch women are with their bodies than men. Alls I know is, my Sweetie is capable of about 357 different sounds as she reaches "the peak of intimacy" and I think I have about two. That's gotta be due to the whole fussing thing. And that's awesome, baby...

I love the way they are kind to animals and small children...especially when I am behaving like either one.

The true beauty of women lies in the fact that on a regular basis, we are not worthy of their love and affection. The fact that we still receive the same proves two things:

1. God does exist, and

2. He has a sense of humor!

Thanks God. That was a good one...

I would say the soft skin is up at the top of my list. I also love womens'necks. There is just something about a long, thin neck that gets me going. Most people ask if you're a leg-man, an ass-man or a breast-man. I'm a neck-man. The smell of a women is great. Smell has such a strong connection with memory for me. A scent can bring back so much.

Dean, do you realize...there is *no way* that this pair of discussions would ever be published in a major newspaper. Editors would shoot the idea down as 'too sacharine' and 'not edgy enough.' By the time they got done with it, the feature article would come out as "What are the top reasons why women despise men and feel contempt for them" and "What are the top things about women that drive men absolutely crazy."

One thing about the blogosphere...it gives us the opportunity to see a reflection of our society which is not filtered through the warped personalities that seem to be so common in modern journalism.

Just having one care about you makes you feel complete. I don't know, it is like you need the complimentary other half to make the whole. Without the softness, the intuition, the nurturing the world can be a harsh and bitter place to exist.

I could be here all day saying all of the things I like about women. Really.

Well,

Most of what can be said has been said. Women drive me nuts, but I wouldn't sleep with anyone else.

More seriously, when I run into a rational, intelligent, well-spoken woman, her slightly different way of viewing the world makes everything so much more vivid and wonderful than a similarly blessed man.

I like how a woman is willing (and sometimes even excited) about offering advice and helping me polish off my rough spots.

I their utterly alien, yet so familiar, curves and whatnot. I like the way that they appeal to me senses: the smell, the taste, the touch, and so on. Or the way that a woman can pull of sexy and leave me in the dust, with my mouth agape and my eyes wide open.

I like how they know (almost instinctively) when to relinquish control of the situation and when to take control.

I take immense pleasure from the sound of their laugh and their eyes when they smile.

I can imagine having a female parter for life and a male friend for life, but I just can't see the reverse situation. Maybe I'm a neanderthal, but hey, I'm me most of the time. I always have been and always will be. And that me that I am - likes women as much as he is baffled by them.

They listen to our bitching about life, the universe, and everything, with sympathy.

They way they smell (the ones who drown in sweet, flowery perfumes are excepted).

For anyone who's read down this far: I just had to delete a few comments because the conversation took a nasty turn near the end.

So I will repeat that this thread is for men to say what they like about women. Not for misogynists or misandrists to work out their issues. Please stay positive, folks.

Most women are really beautiful, for starters. But beauty isn't the issue. Beauty doesn't necessarily make a great companion or a great friend. Indeed, sometimes beauty can twist a woman's personality. But most of them seem to be able to deal with it.

Probably what's most striking to is how they think. Not that they all think alike, but for the most part, women think differently than men, and that forces me to see things in ways that I'd never considered. Plus, when they're smart, and they've got a great voice, they're sexy as hell.

Most women are givers, too, and seem to have a natural consideration. They also know how to understand the language spoken by young children, which is an enormously useful skill.

In general:

I like most the way a woman can be so naturally nurturing to others whether of her own family or not. There's an ease a woman has with interacting with children that simply amazes me every time I witness it.

I like the grace with which many woman walk and move. They simply float on air at times.

And mostly, I love the way a woman smiles. No matter how beautiful or not she is, when a woman sincerely smiles, it's brighter than a star!

I agree with David Foster. I remember a time when the sexes were not at war constantly. I love women for their looks of course but some women have the ability to love so strongly. I met a special someone years ago and my illness has gotten so much worse that I tried to kill myself. She has stuck by me through everything! She even listened to what I was saying to her and made it happen. I saw a specialist in PA and now I'm in line for an operation that should make me much better. She has kept my spirit going all these years. The world would be a very cold hard place without women to brighten up everything. Of course there are some women that are complete evil. But I steer clear of them.

what is most appealing about women is the real scent of a woman, i'm not talking perfume or anything perverted here, just what happens when about a foot away. combine that with a smile and light conversation makes the day complete.

You can read my article on my Counseling website called, "Women Have Curves, Men Have Angles." It gives my perspective on the differences between women and men.

Oops. Here's the URL to my article entitled, "Women Have Curves, Men Have Angles."
http://expage.com/curvesnangles

The gentleness of their touch, the tenderness in their kisses and the whisper of a moan when we please them.

What I like most about them is how they look after themselves(their hair,nails etc-they are really smart people.They are also caring,they cry over absolutely nothing,they are afraid of liitle harmless creatures.
I`ve always liked the silly way they play hard to get when men are running after them.
Other things are their musical voices,the way their bodies are built-curves and bumps!

This is it in short.

Okay, some of us have hinted but I'm just going to say it: their breasts.

There is no power greater in the universe than that which their breasts--big or small, naked or clothed--have over our eyes, and since our eyes are attached to the rest of us, over the rest of us! If we could harness that power and attach it to light switches we could forget about coal mines and nuclear reactors.

We have to work so hard not to stare sometimes. Why? Who knows. It's the way it is. I also like how most of the women I know secretly love how we love their breasts, even if they're embarrassed or don't want to be stared at. We men have no equivalent for the female breast. There is no bodily ingredient of ours we can unveil or hide that offers such singular power or fascination.

I read somewhere that female breasts are so desirable because they symbolize femininity, soft, curvy, vulnerable, maternal. I guess that might be true. We like them and we want them because they're part of "women."

OK, I know I'm late getting to this post, but I only recently found my way over here.

Women have the ablilty to alter the nature of a man, in spite of himself. The most stoic, gruff, stone-faced men I have ever known have behaved tenderly, sensitively, and even waxed poetic in ther own clumsy, ham-fisted way, over women, often without being asked. Conversely, the most mild-mannered, unimposing men will swell up like enraged bulls for them at the mere implication that a woman would like him to do so at that particular moment. I don't dispute that this is manipulation. I might even go so far as to agree that this might be where our ancient forefathers got the idea of witchcraft. But I have seen this used for good as well as evil. The ability to show a man a side of himself, of which he was previously unaware, is a valuable gift.

Women also understand life in a different sense then men. Men (and I know I am generalizing here) see the world largely in it's physical state, and have trouble grasping other issues. Women are not only better able to understand the emotional state of the world, but the spiritual state as well. Case in point, the ubiquitous "little white-haired grandmother/auntie/former Sunday School Teacher that prays for people when they are facing trial. Why, as another point of reference, do we think more of witches than of warlocks? Perhaps my vision is clouded by my predominantly Protestant background, but women are the movers and shakers of the supernatural universe.

Because of this, women have a greater appreciation for a great many things than men. Even though I find intelligence to be incredibly sexy, and stupidity as much of a turn-off as poor physical hygiene, I would rather talk to a stupid woman than a stupid man any time. Bring up the topics of art, poetry, music, or horticulture, and at least a woman, no matter how numb from the shoulders up, can tell you what she thinks is "pretty". If I reveal my nature and identity to the average woman (that of a heterosexual poet), she looks at my work and decides if she likes it, makes a comment about how she wishes her husband/boyfriend/the guy in the parking garage would write here something like I have written for my wife, and that is the end of it, other than occasionally looking for updates. When a man finds out I write poetry, there are inevitable questions about my sexual preference, and for some reason I lose the ability to play American-rules football, in their opinion.

There is a lot more to like about women than these few aspects I have mentioned here. I am amazed and dumbfounded that women find men attractive, in spite of not only our faults, but our overall denial of our strengths. However, most of them are pretty well covered above. This was a great line of discussion, Dean. Thanks for getting us started.

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LISTENING TO THEM SLEEP

Being 15 years old, one may feel that I'm a bit fuzzy on the subject. No, I may not know all there is to know, but I know what I like, and I like what I know... about women, that is.

The greatest thing about women is their beauty and innocence. All the things they can do that men can't, especially when it comes to organizing things, is just a plus.

The way women walk, smile, laugh, sleep, and especially the way they cry are all very appealing. There is nothing more in the world any heterosexual male wants to do than take care of a pretty woman any way he can. For sure, any man would like it when a woman would depend on them, and feel safe around them.

Basically the world is full of women who want men to take care of them and men who want to take care of women...

Of course, it's usually the women who end up taking care of the men.

One more thing I love about women that I forgot to mention - The fact that the lot of them get cold in 65 degree weather.

I like to listen to them sleep

As an african-where mankind seems to have originated-i have to say it is their ability to put up with all the mess we have caused and still not kill us. (Not often that is.)

Everything - their kindness, personalities (not nasty ones), their laughter, THEIR SMILES, the way they talk, their sexiness, THEIR WHOLE BODIES, and THE WAY THONGS LOOK ON THEM.
Oh yeah - they way they DANCE is so unbelievably awesome.