Hey, I agree with you there are a lot of "half baked" men out there. Obviously, there is no universal "all men/women are like this".

What I was referring to is there seem a lot of women who expect more than a comparable level of accomplishment from their mate, and who continue to ascribe to the belief that while it's fine for me, as a woman, not to "have it all" (car, house, expensive gadgets, etc.), it's less acceptable for my mate not to have those.

I do agree that you shouldn't pay the other's way. But I don't think it's logical to assume all women are these prized queens who get to dictate the terms, as I think reality is a little murkier than that. The article was written after a lot of input from young women who seem to expect a lot from the men they date. And a lot of input from young men in the dating world, and one complaint I frequently hear is that women want you to have everything. And I've heard that from young men who were, as you say, half baked, but also from men who were really doing their best, and still felt overwhelmed by the demands. And that, I feel, creates a detrimental dating market for us all.