To be fair men can test too. But we usually don’t intentionally do it unless we see an obvious red flag. For example if she brings up her ex in a conversation we might start listening more to see how often she mentions him. Even she is comparing us favorably to him it’s not a good sign at all. It’s unavoidable at times but if she shares too many details about him that’s a very bad sign (same vice versa)
However I dated a young beautiful fitness model a few years ago. Our first date was a workout together at an apartment gym. She was very guarded, borderline bitchy and didn’t even want to give me a hug after we were done. I thought it was a goner. The next day she texted me saying “are you married? You can just go on your way”. I then asked her where she was at which was not surprisingly the gym again. I loved to workout too so kept extra protein shakes in my car trunk. I told her I would stop by and give her one. I did it expecting absolutely nothing in return.
To my surprise her expression completely softened when I gave it to her. I just gave it to her, smiled and left (mentally kicking myself for probably being too nice). She texted me later saying she was going to “throw me a bone” and we scheduled a second date. We got dinner and made out afterwards. She fell in love with me for a while and we dated for 9 months. It didn’t end well at all but it was fun while it lasted.
So I passed a “shit test” there with flying colors. But other women just have low interest level and string guys along for their own ends. That unfortunately is a more common scenario I’ve encountered vs the success story above. So how can you tell the difference?