No! We were raised by a culture who see men as the hunter and women as the price. That's why men still take the initiative to be chasers.

If equality is changing this culture then the decision on who pays or doesn't should be raised the moment the day of the date was set.

A gentleman shouldn't don't dump such a decision on a woman he barely knows on the spur of the moment.

At least if both of them cannot afford their bills then no need to go on dates. It's that simple.