Sexting, poking and online dating aside, when it comes to romance, women still expect men to hold the door open and pay for the first date, a new Harlequin poll found.

Even as the methods become modern, the traditional attitudes remain, the publisher found in an online poll of 1,500 single women aged 18 to 40.

More than half the women surveyed (56%) said they feel pressure to be married or in a committed relationship.

And while the vast majority agree that the dating game has changed, more than half still expect the man to ask them out (59%), hold the door for them (54%) and pay for the first date (51%). Half the women in the 25-35 age group said they had never tried online dating.

Still, technology does play a part: 52% of respondents said they use Facebook to check out prospective dates; 43% admitted to sexting; and 27% said they had e-mailed or texted nude photos.

Penn, Schoen & Berland conducted the survey between Jan. 2 and 6. It is accurate to within 2.5 percentage points.

IMO: Gentlemanly manners are a form of romantic, but non-sexual flirting. It's a way of saying "I'm interested in the whole package, not just the lady parts". I can see why women would want that.

Well, it's not as good as having him drag you off to his cave by your hair. But, it'll work.

..lol..

..and they wonder why they are the single ones?

Hmmmm...

My age group didn't even get to participate in the survey...

so I'm gonna take my ball and go home.

Neither did mine. But I insist upon playing anyway.

I am looking for the study, I am pretty sure that was not the only age group. Simply they only mentioned here.

Which part is the reason they are still single?

I'm both a gentleman and a scholar. True story, people have told me so.

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..those who demand or at best expect certain things to take place, that don't, ultimately lead one to remain single.

Call it minuscule, call it minor, call it small; but demands from one while not meeting said demands of another.. usually results inthe concept of being 'single'.

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it's not small at all..
expectations and demands usually do destroy a relationship

I may be old fashioned in my thinking but, I think a man
should want to do these things for a women.

True. I demand monogamy, affection, respect, the ability to financially support yourself, honesty and non-smoking and that has resulted in my still being single.

yea, it's a slippery slope!

I think that it's the small things that make life better. And it's the small things that give me a little insight into someone's character. If a guy lets the door fall shut on me and generally acts like an azz during our date I'm probably gonna assume hes only gonna gt worse as time goes by.

I wasn't meaning for it to be taken offensively, if that's how you took it originally. Just stating my own opinion.

I think we could just as easily turn this around and say that there are certain things a guy would appreciate from a woman on a date. If I showed up in sweats and a baggy t-shirt, cussing like a sailor and asking you why you picked such a crappy restaurant to take me to....you might not want to go out with me again.