You are right about not going on dates with men who insist on splitting bills. I think society is prejudiced against women and men paying for dates keeps control within men's hemisphere.
However, a gentleman shouldn't request a woman pays her bill unless she insists. These days, I'm turning down dates more frequently because I value my time and energy to not seat thirty minutes with an entitled dude.
Guys who insist on splitting bills are often looking for cheap sex. They see it as an avenue to fuck multiple women without wasting their money. In reality, most of these dudes don't value the women they split bills with, because if they did, they would damn any rules that kick against chivalry.
I only accept dates I feel connected to the person and that means most of the basic introduction stages are done over the phone. Dudes can keep the money in their wallets, I ain't bleeding for that.