Study Shows Women Who Make the First Move Have Better Dating Success

Girl Power!!

But according to an informal survey conducted by dating site OkCupid, that way of thinking is so antiquated and doesn’t exactly yield desirable results: “Women who reach out first have a better chance of success.” In fact, those women who initiate contact are 2.5 times more likely to get favorable responses than men who make the first move, and those replies will spark more conversations with men we actually want to talk to.

“When women are proactive, there’s a big win,” OKCupid chief product officer Jimena Almendares tells ABC News. “This is data that is showing that if they actually speak up, they have so much to gain.”

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