A headline in the British paper Metro UK warns, "British Men Losing Their Masculinity." And the proof? A recent survey by Brylcreem (ha!) found that while more than 60 percent of British men between 18 and 29 are competent ironers, only 10 percent can fix their car and only half can change a tire.

We can attest to the ironing thing--we've been here in London for a few months now and the well-turned-out gentlemen in these parts clearly use an iron more often that we do (which is, er, never). If you need more proof that the blokes here are no Marlboro Men, get this: three quarters of them regularly wear an apron in the kitchen and 85 percent of them are comfortable crying in front of others. We knew there was a reason we were loving it here so much! But not everyone's such a fan. According to James Brown, founding editor of lad mag Loaded, "As men have been reacting to being told 'how they should behave' rather than 'how they really are,' they've crossed the line from just 'changing with the times' to committing outright gender surrender."

Well, yeah, we guess you would feel that way if your livelihood depended on dudes wanting to read about tits'n'beer on a weekly basis. But here's the bad news: the same survey found that two thirds of women aged 18 to 29 think that men are not masculine enough these days. Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies, shame on you! Just think, you'd never have to iron again.