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6. She needs you to protect and defend her. Not just from 
physically harm, but from the criticism of others. She wants to 
know that you are for her, and has her back.
7. Make her feel like her opinion counts. She needs to know 
that her opinion is so valuable about your work or business that 
you will discuss decisions with her, and act only after carefully 
evaluating her advice.
8. Share your life with her. She needs to connect with you in a 
special way, so create margin so she can share her life with you in 
every area -- home, family, work, and outside interests. Don’t shut 
her out.
9. Be a man of character and integrity. She needs you to be the 
kind of man her son can follow and her daughter would want to 
marry.
10. Hold her often. She needs physical affection, to be tenderly 
held, just to be near you, apart from times of sexual intimacy. 
(don’t worry men, I got you covered on the sex department in the 
next section below)

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APPRECIATE 
ALL PARTS OF 
YOUR MAN, NOT 
JUST THE PARTS 
THAT CONNECT 
TO YOU 
EMOTIONALLY.
10 Things Men Need In a Marriage
So what do men want? Aretha Franklin sang it best in 1967: R-E-S-
P-E-C-T.
While this can be a slippery proposition for some women (“He 
doesn’t deserve my respect, he’s a narcissistic slob!”), most men 
want to be held in high esteem and be seen by their women as 
their heroes--even when they makes mistakes.
Men want and need their mates to believe in them, especially 
when they take a beating from putting in 70 hours of work to get 
that startup launched. And women hold the key because so much 
approval and affirmation comes from their wives.
While they are dedicated and hard-working husbands and fathers, 
they may have different emotional and sexual expectations, and at 
the end of the day--those men desire to be respected for who they 
are, not for what have you done for me lately?
Here are 10 ways that men need to be respected in a marriage: