Why dont men ask women out anymore? Well, maybe, they're scared of us, the new generation of 21st century feminists...
Why men don’t ask women out anymore It’s a vicious cycle—feminists in the 1900s would never have expected that their protests would have such serious repercussions in the 21st century. The first and second waves of feminism in history secured what was thought the most important rights of all time for women: voting, marriage rights and anti-discrimination laws, but they overlooked the importance of the tradition.
Surely, as they were marching down the streets with their “Let the Patriarchy Burn!” banners in the name of something that was bigger than them, something that would liberate us forever, they would have thought about the consequences? That as women were allowed to work, they were still expected to do the housework? Who knew that equal rights could be such hard work? In today’s context, it just means that men don’t ask women out as often or as easily as they used to. Women have evolved, somehow, from the silent, sweet, girl-next-door types to sassy, tough-talking survivors, and men are intimidated, understandably so.
With some exceptions, women of this generation are self-assured, confident and can be a man’s boss. Gone are the days where a boy could just ask a girl out by knockin’ on her door with flowers and have a chat with the folks. No, if a boy is interested nowadays, he has to come up with a killer pickup line that is both witty but not insulting, lest we pick his sentence to death pointing out any hint of derogation. And women want to be wooed in the traditional way, we really do! We love the sweet, honest types. We love the marriage proposal on one knee, the white picket fence, the fact that husbands will provide for the family… As a woman myself, sure, I want to establish a career for myself, but I don’t want to view men with competitive eyes. Men and women aren’t created, after all, to oppose one another, but to complement each other.
I for one, say that we should stop burning our underwear and stop trying to prove that we are better than men because we are. Isn’t having the power to make a husband or boyfriend give you a supplementary credit card enough testament to that fact? To me, and probably to most girls, that’s a larger achievement than the ability to vote in a politician who can’t even fix the sidewalk cracks or regulate bin collections.
- Alissa
