[pmarreck]

> Women aren't points on a scoreboard

Ideally, no. But men often use sports analogies when discussing getting a woman to actually date them, which is a quite difficult goal. I apologize for any offense.

> dating dynamics aren't meant to be a power struggle

Here you lost me. If you don't think there's often a power struggle in the early stages of dating, I don't know what reality you're living, because it's not mine.