דַּרְכּוֹ שֶׁל אִישׁ לְחַזֵּר עַל אִשָּׁה וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ שֶׁל אִשָּׁה לְחַזֵּר עַל אִישׁ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The man's way is to pursue a woman, but the woman's way is not to pursue a man

הגדרה (אנגלית)

It is more acceptable to see a man returning after a woman than a woman returning after a man.

("Why does the Torah say (Deuteronomy 22) 'When a man takes a woman,' and not write 'when a woman takes a man'? Because the man's way is to pursue a woman, and there is no way for the woman to pursue a man. A parable: for a man who has lost a lost object, who pursues whom? The owner of the lost object pursues his lost object." - Kiddushin 2b)