After nearly 50 years of feminism, men want to go Dutch.
Nearly two-thirds of them — 64 percent — believe women should pay for their share of dates, a survey has found.
And 44 percent of men said they would drop a woman who never chips in, according to the findings reported at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Manhattan.
But the traditions of courtship are too hard to break: 84 percent of men said they pick up the tab on dates.
And even after six months of courtship, 28 percent of them still do the paying, according to the survey of more than 17,000 people.
As for women, they’re conflicted. Fifty-seven percent of them said they have offered to chip in, even on a first date. But 39 percent said they hoped men would refuse to accept their offer.
And another 40 percent agreed with the statement, “It bothers me when men won’t accept my money to pay for dates,” according to data presented by Chapman University’s David Frederick, a co-author of the study.