You got it right. It's about feminism. America is the most economically successful country in history because it was founded on the principles of freedom and capitalism.
Over many generations people in America have forgotten about this blessing and become spoiled. They have lots of time to play game and engage in fantasy. And many of them have lost their way.
One of the big fantasies is that somehow men and women are exactly the same and that even though they have been both physically and mentally programmed by millions of years of evolution to have very different roles in a family and in society, that they are exactly the same in every way. This is of course ridiculous. But spoiled idle minds have lots of time to engage in fantasy. This is not so for the African country and culture you came from. Your culture is "keepin' it real," as the phrase goes. The same applies to many other cultures around the world. They have a culture that is similar in many ways to the way American culture USED TO be.
Over time this perversion of the natural gender roles in America was picked up by political forces who exploit, validate and amplify it to manipulate politics in their own corrupt favor and many Americans have been brainwashed into this new "woke" culture where all you have to do is imagine something is so and that makes it true. It's like a cancer that has metastasized in Western culture pushed by the political left to destroy our society. So many people buy into the ridiculous fantasy that there is no such thing as normal gender roles. And anyone who challenges that is attacked.
That is the brief history that explains an answer to your question.
The short version is that half of Americans, particularly many in the younger generations, are brainwashed woke automatons who cannot distinguish reality from fantasy.
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This is what's known as a "tempest in a teapot", in my opinion. I'd never think of letting a lady pay for part of a date I asked HER to go on. Even if she asked ME, if I accepted, I'd pick up the check. That's my thought on the whole thing - simple.
Women mistakenly believe that if they pay their share of a check, a guy won't "expect anything", especially sex, in return. They find some peace of mind in this idea, but it's a false assumption and here's why:
* If you are on a date with the type of guy who presumes that spending ANY money on you entitles him to sex, that's his mindset from the start, and nothing you do about lessening his expense will matter. It wouldn't even matter if you paid the whole thing without being asked to - if he EXPECTS sex, it's because of his MINDSET. He figures you said "yes" to the date therefore you're attracted to him, therefore he's getting sex.
Paying your own way might make YOU "feel" like you've made the statement "I owe you nothing", but it doesn't affect the guy with the wrong mindset. If the guy doesn't have that wrong mindset to begin with, don't fight with him over a check, especially if it's nothing but a coffee and pastry.
It's not feminism per se what when the concept of feminism was started by what were bored gold diggers with too much time on their hands. That's why idiots who support feminism say women never worked in the past because yes the original feminists had no reason to work... while their poor female counterparts have worked in some way or another - example sailors wives made & sold jewelry, miners wives made fabrics, etc. herbalist were more often than not women, etc - for centuries.
What it really is, is western society is predominantly degenerative. Proven by the high stats of children out of wedlock, welfare numbers, drug abuse, etc.
They split the bill because it is just a means of showing that they do not care enough to actually invest their money or time entirely into the relationship. It's half assed.
Guys who are raised properly or highly interested in a woman in the west don't do this half assed approach.
I would guess because in the past men were paid more for the same work, women had lower paid jobs in general and many women didn’t work. Whereas now most women work and can get higher paid jobs so it makes more sense to split the bill.
My boyfriend and I usually take it turn about, or if it’s my birthday he will pay and vice versa but I always offer to split the bill as it’s just polite and the right thing to do in my opinion. We earn about the same amount of money and have the same bills
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In my opinion, the one who invites the other to a date pays.
If the date goes well and a next date is welcomed, the other sets up the date and pays for that one.
That or each pays for themselves.
Splitting on a date is weird because you never eat the same worth.
When it goes from dating to a relationship, you either split the bill, each pays for their own, you take turns or return the favor in other ways, like paying for something else.
There is no reason why men should always pay on dates.
To show they care or to be chivalrous is stupid.
Because that would mean that women have no need to show they care.
And if women don't care, why would we?the idea is that the two people are equal.
the idea is that if women can work and earn money they can hold up their financial end. i think it also empowers women to not feel like they owe the man anything because they are somehow in debt to them. it also takes pressure off guys who may not feel capable of covering two meals every date.
I am from Australia and I would 'usually' insist (agreeably and politely) on split bills. After all, it's an equal modern world 👀 maybe it's just me. I don't mind splitting bills, maybe future dates would be she pays, or I pay it all, or vice versa. It's mixture or spontaneous or maybe just set for me at split bills.
Ah well 😀😁sweetie, when you rely on a man to feed you, he also has the power to starve you.
financial abuse was the reason why women wanted to start working.
modern women like you have no idea how bad it was to constantly rely on a man for everything.
- Practicality / Pragmatism
- Not making us feel like being used for money, so the girl signals "hey, don't worry. I'm not after a free meal (and then ghost on you)" or "Just so you know, you cannot buy me with money"
- Balancing equality
- Salaries and prices and inflation are out of control in undesirable manners
- Fuck traditions. It's overdue to adapt to current times and situations accordingly
I guarantee you that it's not the norm. I don't consider a date successful unless I'm able to pay for it, and I also try to get her to let me pay for her dates with other guys, as well.
There's some weird bullshit going on in western culture these days between men and women. Basically, enough women have dealt with or heard about awful men trying to use gifts and financial gestures to guilt women into sexual exchanges that some quantity of women get extremely uncomfortable with the idea of "owing" men anything.
You hold very old fashioned views. Men traditionally used to pay on dates because women didn’t work back in the day and otherwise would’ve had to borrow money from their fathers to pay their way
Well we'd have to back to the reason guys used to pay for all dates. Girls didn't have money or jobs. They were required to stay at home and provide for the man who chose what the money would be used for. Maybe you want to go back to the time where women were little more than property. I personally don't.
In a world of gender equality where young women earn just as much as men their age, why WOULDN'T they split the bills on dates? The answer: female entitlement and double standards.
THINK about it... give us one valid reason why women should not be expected to pay their share on a date. Just one. Go on, I'll wait...
Right behind you sister! Apparently there a guy here even saying making a man pay for you makes you a gold digger😂
I was born and raised in the US. I would never request that my date and I “go dutch”. That is just tacky and not manly.
You would think that a woman would see her date wanting to “go dutch” as a huge red flag.Men of the past were more than happy to pay for dates and do all the traditional gender roles expected of them, but not anymore, because women won't do the same. You can't expect one without the other. You as a woman can't expect men to be traditional when you are not willing to be traditional yourself, but that's exactly what you're doing.
You women have yourselves to thank for this. Stop blaming men for the condition you yourselves created.
I'm for paying for myself. I hate creating the feeling of dependency between me and some random guy. And from my perspective, God has no say in this.
As Many Dates and Mates That I Have Had... Second or Third Date Should Be Discussed with This One, hun. Guy Pays FIRST DATE. xxoo
I don't think I've ever split a bill or been asked to. Whoever invites the other person has always paid and I've been dating for 35 years. Where are all these split bill people living?
Because it is unfair when men always have to pay. God is good and just that is, why I do not believe that He condones such evil, wicked practices as forcing men to be subservient to women and exploited.
I must be tired. At first, I thought you said "spit balls", not "split bills. 😯🥱😴😴
Most men in America have little to offer, let alone money to spend on a date.
Most women aren't traditional anymore so guys are adjusting, otherwise females get the pros without the cons and the males get the cons without the pros.
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