paying for sex?

interesting read! It's 2014: Why Are Men Still Paying for First Dates?

i've ALWAYS said that whoever does the asking should pay for the first date. and i can't think of any common exception to that. i've written about this subject before (twice, actually!), so i'm not going to rehash that again since my views haven't changed. so i will instead write about the other interesting stuff in the article.

"A 1985 study... presented subjects with a variety of fictional dating scenarios—mixing up who invited whom, who paid, and the venue—and asked them to evaluate the acceptability of the sexual encounter that followed. Disturbingly, they found that money contorted men’s opinions of sexual consent. “Rape was rated as more justifiable ...when the man paid all the dating expenses...” A more recent study, from 2010, found that men were more likely than women to think that sex should be expected when a man pays for an expensive date."

this is wrong. obviously. but it's also understandable. people naturally have the expectation that when they pay money, they should get something in return. in this case, they are paying for your food and expecting, well, more than good conversation!

"Almost half of the men surveyed in the study he co-authored said that they would break up with a woman if she never offered to help pay the bill on a date."

good for them! tho i wonder how many dates it would take for them to get fed up? also wonder if a man would date a womn longer regardless of her not paying but if she slept with him? probably.