Can a woman ask a man out? Survey finds chauvinistic norms prevail

The Romance Gap - “the discrepancy in behaviour expected from male/masculine presenting people and female/feminine presenting people when dating - exists. Photo: AFP Relaxnews

THE man should make the first move, a woman should not propose, the man should earn more money in a couple... You may have thought these were ideas from another era.

And yet, some of these ideas are still socially ingrained, according to a recent survey.