Posted on 12/17/2018 6:05:52 PM PST by Kenny Bania
Chivalry might be dead, but many women still welcome it when a man holds a door or picks up the check. While more than 77% of people in one survey thought a man should pay for a first date, women may see the gesture as a patronizing deal-breaker, especially as society wrestles more than ever with the power dynamic between the sexes.
But now theres evidence that women even committed feminists interpret paying for dinner and holding doors as signs that a man is husband material. Interestingly, these women are fully aware that a man who engages in this benevolent sexism could also be the type of guy who undermines women and tries to control them, a recent study published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found.
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afterglow: ...and a sammich.
Take 10% of the bill -- move the decimal point -- which shows how many cents -- one place to the *left*.
Now take half of that number.
Add the two together.
...now, just take her to dinner in Santa Barbara and order two straws...
Duh
What the hell woman wouldnt want a man to pay ?
Youd have to be a real ugly feminist type
When they get baby rabies, and want to get married, pop out a kid, and then take him to the cleaners in divorce court to take half his earnings until the kid turns 18.
I say, it'd be the equivalent of a guy getting to divorce a woman, and therefore severing himself from her financially, but she has to give him sexual favors for the next 18 years or lose her professional licenses and risk jail.
The Czeck is in the male?
It’s even easier in WA state - tax is 10%. I just wish my wife didn’t always have to ask me. As I said, I’d rather just plead ignorance on how much money we spent.
Actually - it’s more like:
“So the tax is $6.43 - what would the tip be?”
“Hmm - give her $13.”
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Wait while she pulls out her phone.
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“It’s $12.86. I’ll just give her $13.”
I know, jk jk
I think you mean "patriarchy."
Regards,
But if the man doesn't extend the invitation, he ain't gettin' any date!
Regards,
I call this Snow blower Syndrome.
All the young women I know own snow blowers. They all are up at dawn snow blowing their properties.
One suggested that if I get a self propelled one, she would teach me how to use it.
As if I would ever want to.
I have the man who snow plows and shovels. I like seeing him and he operates in a sphere that I have no interest in. I have never done those jobs, although perhaps at one time I could have.
There are spheres I do operate in and I operate well in, such as home making (people enter my home and relax and are made comfortable) and in my chosen profession.
I guess on the whole, I am saying that it is not mandatory to cross spheres. And there are those who choose not to do so.
First time I had a girls get feisty because I held her door was way back in 68 or 69 ... opened a door for a fellow student and she had a hissy fit so i assuaged her pea brain by telling her I was going to open the door so i could go through anyway, if she wanted, i would do that and let it close so she could open it herself....
There are plenty of desperate women out there (as well as tramps)
I am not one of them.
I don’t think I”ve met that other 23%.
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How sad.
What do women want?? We constantly hear that from men.
It's simple: (for the vast majority of us) we want to be loved, appreciated- and a man who will be true to us.
Try telling your wife you love her. Don't just assume "that goes without saying". Tell us! for We need to hear it. It warms our hearts.
Show a little appreciation for the things we do.
"You look pretty', 'the house always looks nice', 'You're a good mother'-There's always something you can tell her you appreciate her for. We long to hear these things.
And though it may sound corny in this day and time; surprise her with flowers or a box or chocolates..'just because I love you')
Try it out, guys. See what a difference it makes in your marriage.
And by the way; don't think you can get away with cheating. Sooner or later we will just know
As said...not true.
I’ve been so fortunate to know men who understand there’s true reasons females and males differ as they do and how wonderful they balance one another... God knew exactly what He was doing!
What a woman ‘gets’ is in direct proportion to her ‘understanding’ how men are wired.....and appreciating those differences between them.....many women today do not. I will also say that women need to stop thinking men can meet all their emotional needs.......they cannot.... There are certain things only other woman can do for another woman, just as "Iron sharpens iron" when men are together....so too women when they share and get together.
When I dated if she said Dutch treat and would not let me pay, I took her at her word, otherwise I always paid for dinner or movie tickets etc...
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