I have to clarify something. I expect to pay because honestly I don’t expect a woman I’m dating to match me income-wise. It’s not that I make a whole bunch. A woman making more than me just hasn’t happened yet in my experience. Broadly speaking, I think that’s where this tradition of the man paying stems from; the man traditionally makes more money. However, nowadays, women’s salaries approach and oftentimes surpass that of men’s. Personally, I don’t see paying as an obligation of my manhood, but rather an obligation of somebody who makes more. Thus, if a woman I’m dating makes substantially more than me, I would expect her to pay for dinner at least half the time.