"The hopeless romantic in me tells me I prefer the old-fashion traditional ways of meeting people, and yet the world around me has changed it's perspective on that."
This is the essence of the topic. In the end I think people can still be courageous, both men and woman, boys and girls. Its about doing something outstanding with the person that you like. Then maybe love will happen. That's at-least my experience.
To be courageous is often "expensive" in some form and therefore it is rare. It is also dangerous, as there are no guarantee for "love success", both for the courageous woman and the courageous man.