“For example, in heterosexual dating the man is expected to ask for the date, plan the date, and escalate sexual interaction. A woman expects that she will be pursued and not have to approach men, that on a date she should be passive and follow the man’s lead, and that she shouldn’t initiate sex herself.”
this is an extremely US-centric view of dating culture.
In Aus, women do not expect men to pay for dates, and while the bias is still weighted towards the men being more likely to ask woman out or to initiate sexual advancement… it’s not the expectation.
It’s only one data point, but most of my BFs I pursued, rather than the other way around—and most of my girl-friends have similar stories.
Just wanted to say—I’m impressed by your dedication to improving your writing style—both in the amount of reference-reading you’re doing to fuel your topics, and in how much you’re willing to take on board the feedback from the community.
I quite liked the post, I only have one niggle:
“For example, in heterosexual dating the man is expected to ask for the date, plan the date, and escalate sexual interaction. A woman expects that she will be pursued and not have to approach men, that on a date she should be passive and follow the man’s lead, and that she shouldn’t initiate sex herself.”
this is an extremely US-centric view of dating culture.
In Aus, women do not expect men to pay for dates, and while the bias is still weighted towards the men being more likely to ask woman out or to initiate sexual advancement… it’s not the expectation.
It’s only one data point, but most of my BFs I pursued, rather than the other way around—and most of my girl-friends have similar stories.
Fixed, thanks.
Just wanted to say—I’m impressed by your dedication to improving your writing style—both in the amount of reference-reading you’re doing to fuel your topics, and in how much you’re willing to take on board the feedback from the community.
For the record, this post is not an instance of my attempts to improve my writing style. I wrote this post months ago.
Luke, I think you’e being pursued by a Sheila.
The Aussie accent is the sexiest.
LOL—no pursuit involved, just honest admiration. Still—can’t deny being a sheila. :)