Women are near ubiquitous. The only reason why it may feel like they are worth more than men to some is because those guys live their lives through a lense of scarcity. When you live your life that way, you feel inclined to meet the unnecessary requirements of some women that have placed them on you. Truth be told many of those requirements go right out the window when it is actually a guy they are attracted to.
A woman who is actually into you will do what is necessary to be near you. She will even take you out on dates and pay for them. If she gives you the impression that you need go 100% in order to be with her, then that means she is not that into you. That was the case when I was young and that is still the case now. What they say they require out loud a lot of times is not what they actual require in private when it comes to men they actually want to be with.
*Edit: Hell, we just had a thread on a beautiful sister that dated a rich NFL player for 5 years, and that guy only spent $100 on her over that time period.