I absolutely think that it is okay for the girl to make the first move. However, i will warn you that in my experience little comes of it unless the guy approaches you first. I have many possible explanations for this. I suspect guys are still more old-fashioned than not. I also think that part of it is that guys are so visually driven that they are not going to even read your profile if they don't think you are hot (whatever that means to them personally). If they think you are attractive they will contact you first. For me, contacting guys and having so many "good fits" ignore me was too hard on my ego. I stopped contacting men and waited for them to approach me. It felt much better for me that way.

Also, only use sites you pay for. The free ones have a much larger group of people looking for quick fun rather than real dating. Free ones also have a lot of no longer active people with profiles.

It did work out for me.... few months ago I got married to a guy that I met on match.com!

Lots of luck!
EJ