Why women need men.(From The Editor)(Editorial)

A few weeks ago, while hurrying up my block in New York City, I spotted a sight that nearly made my jaw drop. Two 30-something men were walking side by side, pushing baby strollers. Now, I'm certainly aware of how evolved men are these days, but these two guys seemed to have taken role reversal to a whole new level. They were chatting with each other in the kind of easy head-bobbing way you usually associate with women. It almost looked as if they were critiquing the Baby and Me class they'd just come from.

Both sexes have benefited enormously from the blurring of gender roles. Guys now get to let go of certain pressures and constraints, express themselves in new ways, and be the kind of fathers that never existed in history.

And women ... well, look what it's meant for us. We do everything today, from programming our TiVos to piloting multimillion-dollar companies. This is Cosmo's sixth annual Fun Fearless Female Awards issue, and our awesome group demonstrates what a major role women are playing in so many fields.

But social change is never without bumps, and there's one we draw attention to in our article on page 176, "Are Men Becoming Obsolete?" As women are pushing ahead, men, according to statistics, are falling behind--in both school and the workforce. And women are proving that there's barely anything they need a man's assistance for. We even buy our own diamonds these days. Psychologists report that ...