Women express romantic interest differently than men do. When women adopt masculine approaches to dating, they sacrifice femininity and force men to compromise their masculinity. Men should recognize subtle, traditionally feminine signals of attraction instead of expecting direct declarations.
Men often expect women to pursue in a very upfront masculine way. "Hey, I like you." And yes, there is a time and a place for that. But in order for a woman to maintain her femininity, she can't feel masculine. Research shows that when women take that masculine role, they actually have to sacrifice some of their femininity, which in turn means you are going to have to sacrifice some of your masculinity. That doesn't feel good to either person. So So rather than expecting her to be masculine about her approach, respect her femininity and notice those feminine ways she is trying the best way she knows how to express, "Dude, I really, really, really like you."
