Dating means you are in heartily relation with someone and wants to spend sometime with him her at lonely place to share your thoughts to her and want to understand each other for future partners may be or in other relation. When it comes to know who you are and what you want from your partner it gets you feel better to whom you want to spend whole life with.
Dating is hard but what is harder is being able to decipher if a woman likes you or feels the same way about it. A lot of us would have been happier if feelings were automated like you like someone and the fact that you like them makes them automatically like you but it is not so.
When it comes to dating, you will need to approach a lady and make sure she is on the same frequency and most men fear rejection. It takes a lot of confidence to ask a lady out. Not all men have that confidence and this is why a lot will seek the easy way out of being friends and then if there is a vibe, let it flow without attempting to define it. It is incredibly easy to know that a man is interested in a woman but women are very good at hiding their feelings at the initial stage sending the man on a wild goose chase.
It is easier for a woman to tell when a member of her sex is interested in a guy because she understands the female "signs" of interest.
When it comes to attraction, human beings are generally difficult to read regardless of the gender. We are all guilty of giving off mixed signals and being incapable of reading signs from other people while expecting them to understand whatever signal we are giving out.
Many men think that women are rude and full of ego when they don't send a verbal message of how they feel about them but they are the ones who do not understand the non-verbal or underlying messages that women are sending. These messages are sometimes unconsciously sent by women.
Don't always expect a verbal message of "yes I am interested". For women sometimes, it more in our actions than our words.
I'll agree with you that when it comes to attraction, generally, humans are too difficult to read regardless of their gender. They are all guilty of giving off mixed signals and being incapable of reading signs from other people while expecting them to understand whatever signal they're giving out.