Offer to Split; score some points for our kind

The title is for all you women-folk out there.  My sisters, we live in the 21^st century.  I think it’s about time some of you offered to split the check on the first date.  This is especially true if you bitch and moan that women and men are the same, and that everything for women and men should be the same, but then you want the guy to pay for everything.  Read: unfair

Even though I’m more traditional than many when it comes to gender roles, I don’t subscribe to the idea of making a man pay for everything.  That’s just plain wrong, even if we weren’t in the midst of the worst economic hardship we’ve experienced since the Great Depression.  As I said in a 2010 post, when I explored some of the many pressure society puts on men, the opposite sex is expected to do a lot.  I’m not suggesting that we women have all the privilege in this situation, but financially speaking, the burden is typically placed on the man.  Whether it’s child support, paying the bills, showering women with gifts, or paying for the first date, men are unfairly relegated to the role of Provider regardless of their situation.

What do you all think?  Should women at least offer "go Dutch"? while concealing plans to conveniently renege on offer if man accepts