Female Dating
Expert: 'I've Never Paid
for a Date and I Never Will'
"I've never paid for a date and I never
will," says relationship expert
Athena Navarro, the
LA Love Coach.
Navarro believes that both men and women have suffered from
the decline of traditional courtship. She notes, "it's hard
to respect a man who's a wimp," and believes that men need to
fulfill their traditional masculine obligations in dating and
that American women need to recapture their lady-like qualities.
Marc Rudov, author of
The Man's
No-Nonsense Guide to Women, believes that modern men are
still unfairly saddled with the burdens of traditional dating.
He notes:
"Unilateral pursuit is an obsolete, destructive,
demeaning practice for both the pursuers and the pursued, making
both parties unhappy...In the classical chase, man plays the
aggressor and bounty-seeker, and, by design, woman plays the
target, prize, conquest, and acquired asset. This power ritual...doesn't
make sense in our modern world....if [women] don't want to be
treated like a trophy, don't act like one...men and women should
accept only peer-based, reciprocating relationships that begin
with mutual, simultaneous pursuit."
Navarro and Rudov discussed and debated
the rules and ethics of modern dating on
His Side with Glenn Sacks
on February 13, 2005.
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considering the rules and ethics of modern dating, see:
