I am a male and I very much agree with this. My generation and older (and probably younger) were raised to pursue girls. The girls were supposed to wait and then play hard to get. Girls were brought up to never ask boys out. I always thought that it was archaic.

For me personally, I would like a woman to ask me out. I've felt like I've been weak at asking women out, though I have done it. I prefer that, if a woman asks me out, I'd like it to be a soft approach. If it's too aggressive, I wouldn't care for it. Also I had been known to turn down being asked out because I wasn't interested.