[steven]

I know I might be starting trouble by bringing up this old thread again, but I think this recently translated survey might help give a little data to back up peoples' arguments. Check out Q13, particularly the part that is titled:
"Men should pick up most of the tab on dates"
All Male
N=250 Female
N=250
Agree 12.8% 16.4% 9.2%
Somewhat agree 37.2% 42.0% 32.4%
Somewhat disagree 32.4% 26.4% 38.4%
Disagree 17.6% 15.2 20.0%

The bigger picture of this survey: people born between 1990/1991. Note how the title reads: Coming of Age. This has to do with something called 成人式 (seijinshiki) in Japan, which is essentially a "coming of Age (20) ceremony). These people are officially considered adults now. They will be "the future", so to speak. So I feel that their opinions on these questions posed in the survey are most relevant. What do you guys think?