How come it that, both in media and sometimes in real life, males are often seemingly more interested in females (eg always try to ask them out, are shy about it, etc) than females are in males?

Question

How come it that, both in media and sometimes in real life, males are often seemingly more interested in females (eg always try to ask them out, are shy about it, etc) than females are in males?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because males can impregnate more than one female at a time, and females can only be impregnated by one male at a time.

This leads females in many many species to be far more selective about their mates which comes off as being less interested in sex.