SharpOrange
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I always wondered why it's women who are considered the "romantic gender", when it's men who actively perform absolute most romantic gestures?
Men are the ones courting women and inviting them on dates, men are the ones responsible for setting a romantic/sexy "vibe", men are the ones actively implementing different strategies in hopes of getting love from the opposite gender. Men are typically the ones proposing marriage. Realtionships, sex and love affect men's life satisfaction and wellbeing more than women's, and men feels worse being single compared to women. Singleness is also a greater risk factor in developing depression in men than it is women. Being widowed in 20s increases men's suicide risk 17 times and only 4 times for women.
At the same time women are almost always in a passive receiving position of everything mentioned above. They aren't making efforts to give their partner some specific romantic experience - in fact, women's flirting is more than often extremely blunt and sexual (if it happens at all). 93% of women prefer being asked out on a date rather than being the ones doing the asking.
Once married, a woman's desire for her husband drops significantly in the first few years, while a man's desire for his wife stays the same. The loss of women's desire negatively affects marriage satisfaction for both the wife and the husband, while men's desire is irrelevant.
Why are women still considered the romantic gender when everything points otherwise? They aren't into men neither sexually nor romantically. Even if we assumed that they were, men would still be significantly more into women by both of these metrics.
Men are the ones courting women and inviting them on dates, men are the ones responsible for setting a romantic/sexy "vibe", men are the ones actively implementing different strategies in hopes of getting love from the opposite gender. Men are typically the ones proposing marriage. Realtionships, sex and love affect men's life satisfaction and wellbeing more than women's, and men feels worse being single compared to women. Singleness is also a greater risk factor in developing depression in men than it is women. Being widowed in 20s increases men's suicide risk 17 times and only 4 times for women.
At the same time women are almost always in a passive receiving position of everything mentioned above. They aren't making efforts to give their partner some specific romantic experience - in fact, women's flirting is more than often extremely blunt and sexual (if it happens at all). 93% of women prefer being asked out on a date rather than being the ones doing the asking.
Once married, a woman's desire for her husband drops significantly in the first few years, while a man's desire for his wife stays the same. The loss of women's desire negatively affects marriage satisfaction for both the wife and the husband, while men's desire is irrelevant.
Why are women still considered the romantic gender when everything points otherwise? They aren't into men neither sexually nor romantically. Even if we assumed that they were, men would still be significantly more into women by both of these metrics.
