I don't buy into any social necessity for men to make the approach, because it implies that women hold the more valued position and must be catered to. If I wanted a woman in my life, I'd need to feel a dynamic of meeting in the middle. I would of course determine what that means for me; other people don't tell me what I should accept. That would apply to the approach, to dating, to long-term finances, and all other responsibilities. In order to consider any kind of romantic relationship at all with her, she'd need to make at least 80% of what I make. Probably the most significant action toward the meeting in the middle is that if I were to ask a woman to marry me, I wouldn't get down on my knee. We'd both stand, and we'd both enter into it as capable adults.