I'm sure since the end of rape being acceptable... women have been like this. At least in the courting stage.
Yeah, around cavemen times...since civilized society, if there wasn't a Dad or Assorted Male Relative lording over the female, it would be the Husband. Should random man have raped female, a vigilante group may have gone after him for it. However, rape in marriage was legal for a long time, and technically legal in some parts of Australia until 1991 (? i think). I'd argue it's only really in the past 40 years when women aren't the property of men that the whole "rape being acceptable" thing has re-developed. And even though courts do hear more rape cases, the vast majority of crimes are NEVER reported and US/Australian courts really aren't set up well to handle them.
I totally agree with the people who say men play games straight back, because they do. E.g. men lie to women and say they'll call them and pretend to like them more than they do, so they never call. Bad behavior really begets bad behavior, so if there are some female sharks out there, you know where they've been breeding from...Women are usually programed to be more monogamous. There ARE more women who will sleep around and date whoever and not commit nowadays. Generally though a good proportion of women go into things with huge expectations of things lasting forever etc etc, and play games to protect themselves- to make sure the guy's committed. Which isn't necessarily the right thing to do, but...
Without knowing a lot more about the relationship where the twizzlers were exchanged, it's hard to judge...but I'd say, it was a gift with thought involved, which is sweet. Probably something made of a precious metal that can be worn would have been more what she was thinking. I think her inital comments was her feeling "sorry" for herself. Maybe she's entitled to it, but it doesn't reflect well on her.
