Do men really like to do the "chasing?"

There have been soooo many posts on this. But to sum up from what I can remember:
We men say "no" we don't like to do ALL of the chasing. Interest returned from the woman goes a long way. If you only go out with guys that chase, you'll end up only going out with guys lacking in skills to get women to chase them too!
The women say "yes" men like to do the chasing. From my point of view they say this because they obviously like to be chased and that's a self-serving answer!!

So who do you believe? The guys who say that generally, doing all the chasing is annoying? Or the women, who kinda/sorta have reasons to want guys to chase them?

There have been soooo many posts on this. But to sum up from what I can remember:
We men say "no" we don't like to do ALL of the chasing. Interest returned from the woman goes a long way. If you only go out with guys that chase, you'll end up only going out with guys lacking in skills to get women to chase them too!
The women say "yes" men like to do the chasing. From my point of view they say this because they obviously like to be chased and that's a self-serving answer!!

So who do you believe? The guys who say that generally, doing all the chasing is annoying? Or the women, who kinda/sorta have reasons to want guys to chase them?

Actually I read a couple of books that said men were interviewed and that they, themselves said they like to do the chasing. Like I said before-I'm sure there are lots of opinions on this so I don't want to get snapped on-nor do I want to see anyone else get snapped on for their opinion. I'm also not saying that the man is doing all of the chasing until the woman is "caught" but that in the initial stages the man likes to get things going at least.....thoughts??

In my never ending quest to understand how men think I have been reading a lot of books about relationships lately. I keep reading that men are "hunters" and they like to do the "chasing." That it's fun for them because it's like a game or competition to see if they can "get the woman they want." Also if it's too easy to get the woman they are no longer interested.Hmmmmmm!

Opinions please. What do you guys (and girls), think??? I'm sure that there will be lots of varying opinions so let's hopefully not snap at each other....but I would like to hear what you guys think!

You sure like to open those cans of worms

And of course I am going to have an opinion on this one.

They definitely do. I would not say that is true across the board. There are guys that are more "feminine energy" and like the woman to pursue them. Then, there are the guys that are lacking in self-esteem that like it for an ego boost. These are the guys that tend to encourage it, but somewhere inside of them they start to think less of her. Thats when they start to do a number of things, one is that they start to pick at superficialities and say that its something they dont like about her. There's no more challenge. Shes a has been.

The other example of this is when you see the women on the boards that pursue men and initiate all of the time with them. These are the ones where the guy just disappears, or he starts calling less blahblahablah. So shes all devastated, comes here (or wherever -- they are alll over the place) looking for advice and the reality is that the guy either didnt like her in the first place, or he did and she started chasing after him.

There might be slight exceptions to all of this, but I really think its rare. I can think of a few people (on these boards as a matter of fact) that *might* be, but I think in the end they are men and no more progressive than any other, although they might like to think that they are.

So yeah. Never ask a man for advice. And I have a book rec for you Tiffany that I will PM to you.