1.   A few men even avoid going out during the day.

2.   A slew of books about caring for aged parents might precede a few hundred volumes explaining how middle-aged men can avoid prostate troubles.

3.   By wearing a tie along with it, the man avoids a classic display of vulnerability, the exposed neck.

4.   Granted, no altar-bound man can avoid renting a tux and spending more on a diamond than most Guatemalans earn in an entire year.

5.   If the Z man avoids the IL and the rookies develop as hoped, the Cavs could move up a notch or two.

6.   It is also convenient for them, he said, pointing out that while women will make time for their health, men avoid going out of their way.

7.   Many men are avoiding marriage, which means women have difficulty finding a mate needed to raise a child in a nurturing family.

8.   Men can avoid it far more easily.

9.   New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that a man told her that men would avoid her because they were concerned that she would be too critical.

10.   Similar observations were made by other women who felt men avoided relationships with smart, competitive women.