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Driven Magazine
The difference between us
Forty-four per cent of men are looking to score on the first date while 66 per cent of women believe that the man should foot the bill for dinner. These are just a couple of the statistics that FastLife, Canada’s premium speed dating and singles events provider, and international online dating giant Lavalife, recently discovered.
The two love conglomerates surveyed more than 400 singles aged 18 to 55 and found that when it comes to dating, men really do come from Mars and women, from Venus.
According to the survey, women rated a date’s sense of humour over intelligence, physical attractiveness, self-confidence and social skills. Men, on the other hand, are most impressed by intelligence, with physical attractiveness coming in a close second. Financial security is last on the list for both men and women.
Despite the increase in female financial independence, more than 60 per cent of women would not date a man who earned significantly less than them. Men are less concerned by the income gap, with only four per cent unwilling to date a woman who earned significantly less and two per cent who would not date a woman who earned significantly more than themselves.
Career versus family is another arena in which the battle of the sexes continues. While 64 per cent of women preferred a career-oriented man to a family guy, the majority of men (52 per cent) preferred women who were more family focused.
It seems there’s good news for would-be Camerons and Demis, with the older woman being the hot dating property of the last couple years. Over 99 per cent of male respondents would date an older woman with 32 per cent willing to date women up to seven years older than themselves. This trend works in reverse with 43 per cent of women willing to consider a younger man.
Virginity is out and experience is in. Fifty per cent of men and 70 per cent of women indicated that they would not date someone who’d had zero sexual relationships in the past 12 months. Men in particular, value sexual experience in a partner with 28 per cent happy to date a woman who’d had more than 12 sexual relationships in the past year, proof that grandma needn’t have worried about selling the cow because the milk was already being given out for free.
Kissing was one area in which men and women did agree, with 98 per cent of males and 94 per cent of women saying that they would kiss on the first date.
