You'd be surprised at just how many women are looking for sex partners rather than life partners. But women are taking a lot more risks when they have casual sex: the chance of pregnancy, a higher chance of disease, a higher chance of being physically harmed. There's also, to be blunt, a higher chance of really bad sex.

So women apply a higher standard to their casual sex. They want to know that somebody is going to be kind and considerate. That's going to take several dates, which means they're also looking for somebody who's interesting over the course of several evenings. And once they've found that person, they'll often want more -- not a lifetime, but weeks or months.

Maybe that turns into a commitment, but the stereotype that every woman is looking for a ring misreads the situation. If you go on each date assuming that sex is completely off the table for the first week, you'll find that a lot of women are willing to have sex after that without visiting a judge or priest first. And being genuinely interested in them during that time, rather than just counting down the days, will improve your odds.