>women will rarely if ever play the initiative themselves. How can I ever respect someone so clearly weak?
>I hate games. But directly asking me out has always been attractive to me.
So you like when women take the initiative, but according to what you say previously shouldn't the woman taking the initiative find you weak-willed? Your opinions contradict themselves.
To start a relationship, someone will have to take the initiative. This does not mean that the other is weak-willed. The other may not even be that attracted, at first. In most cultures it is considered the duty of the man to have the initiative. I don't agree with it, and I also like when the woman takes the initiative, but this is a fact that explains why often women are reluctant to take the initiative (but not always, my partner was the one who took the initiative, and she's a woman). Please note that I don't consider taking the initiative to be masculine. I consider masculinity when a man displays sexual interest for a woman, touches her, speaks about sex with her. Taking the initiative does not hurt, but is not all of it. I don't consider women who take the initiative non feminine at all, and when they show sexual interest for the man they also become more attractive. In the end shy people lose, and hot people carry the day, regardless of gender. That's all there is to it.