the question to me is that the notion of ,,romance" is very mystified, not in the sense of being truly indecipherable or indescribable, but that the mental imagery evoked is more of resemblance to heroism, braveness, and even sacrifice. so In my case I don't remember of ever seeing females as the ,,romantic" sex, evidently, because aforementioned characteristics are archetypically of males, not females.
remembering of Dinsey movies that are readaptations from Medieval fairytales, and it's usually the male or deuteragonist that is portrayed as the romantic, lustful, brave, heroic one who's disposed to ,,sacrifice" himself in order of conquering the protagonist or princess's heart, while she's just there passively waiting for him, accepting his proposal in few seconds by laying eyes at his prince enthralling appearance, very ,,romantic" of her, k.