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A new survey on sex and money by Elle/MSNBC.com suggests it's not going to happen any time soon. Almost two-thirds of men polled want a woman to split the tab and nearly half would ditch a girl who they felt was treating them like a soup kitchen.

"Men who expect to date many women don't understand why they should invest in a risky thing - it's better to cover their own expenses," explains sex therapist Dr. Joy Davidson.

Sam Saltz 27, marketing director for Lifebooker.com, has another explanation: "I think that some guys feel like they don't get to be men in any other part of their lives, so why should they have to pay the check? Women are their boss and their doctor, and the woman they're going to marry isn't going to take care of them so why pay on the first date?"

So why don't women just come out and demand their date show some chivalry? Because the whole thing is so, well, politically incorrect.

"Wanting a guy to pick up a check is a secret source of shame," says Wakeman, a self-described feminist.

"If anything, it feels like I'm admitting that I need to be taken care of and I'm not independent," adds Colleen, 29, of Brooklyn. And just because city women want equal rights, it doesn't mean they have to give up being courted.

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