So when the woman tosses the man the check, the man can pay it and drop her at the curb having dodged that bullet?
Cool advice, Keith!
Generally, the person asking the other person out is offering to pay. It's always been my and my dates' understanding.
If you violate this convention, and do not make that intention clear up front, then you are just using feminism as an excuse to be selfish.
If she asks you out, and expects you to pay anyway, then she's being a dick. Drop her and run. Unless you still have some hope for sex. Men will pay a lot if they think dinner counts as foreplay.
But i suspect your dates insist on going Dutch, anyway, to avoid any hint of debt.