Should a woman ask a guy out ?

In today's society women have become more aggressive in asking a man on a date.  Why is this happening you may ask ? Women have decided that if they kept waiting they might never get that date. So today's woman is taking the initiative to go after what they want. 

However according to Daniel Bergner's research and book "What do women want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire", many men find it a turn off when women are the sexual aggressors. Why must the roles of the gender be so old fashioned ? Bergner explains that a study was done of college students and that 93 percent of women said they preferred to be asked out, while 83 percent of men preferred to do the asking. 

Bergner's research indicates that women are most turned on by their partners' desire for them. However, socially, men still find it a turnoff when women are the sexual aggressors. Therefore women who aggressively pursue what they want actually leads them to not getting it. 

Research shows that both men and women prefer that the man actively pursue women and that women should be passive recipients to these advances. They also state that both men and women prefer that the man asks the woman out, plan the date and also pick her up. However when a woman does not go along with this she is viewed negatively. Women who take the initiative and ask men out are seen as too aggressive and too promiscuous , and in some cases not interested in serious relationships. Then the questions remains if the woman asks the man out on a date then should she pick up the tab ? From my research the responses were varied and sometimes it is based on ones upbringing. 

Several of my own interviews show that men today do not mind a woman asking them out but it usually depends on how she has approached him.  A few men have responded that they are typically shy and thus do not mind. It is flattering, makes them feel wanted and a huge boost in confidence. If this is the case then why won't these men ask that same woman out on a date ?

Have the rules of traditional courtship changed ? Men are not as direct as they once were  and are more intimidated. It is 2014 and the lines of courtship have been blurred. If this is the case then should women step out of their comfort zone and ask a man on a date ?  If no one steps up to the plate then it makes us wonder where do we go from here?......so the debate is still open.