When The Rules first came out in 1995, we were asked on TV if The Rules was pro-feminism. Yes, of course, we replied. Feminism is about equal pay for equal work, about being treated the same as men intellectually and monetarily. We explained that men and women are equal, but not the same romantically and emotionally.
Men love a challenge, women love security.
Men like the hunt, the chase. So, to be successful with a man, a woman must let him pursue her. Three years later, in light of the new millennium, a number of articles and TV shows have raised the same question. Is The Rules playing hard to get, not going dutch on a date, etc. Some articles have brought up the issue, insinuating that The Rules and Ally are silly compared to the serious feminist causes of the seventies, political rallies and bra-burning.