Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SAN DIEGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Fifty percent of U.S. men versus 36 percent of women say they would choose a date over work, a survey for the specialty dating service It's Just Lunch said. It's Just Lunch asked more than 4,300 U.S. single men and women a series of questions regarding how they view dating issues related to work. Advertisement Forty-one percent of the women said work and dating held near equal importance in their lives and they made time for both. Dr. Paulette Kouffman Sherman, a psychologist who specializes in single career women and the author of the book "When Mars Women Date," said she wasn't isn't surprised women were more likely to reschedule a date. "Women still feel they have to work harder to succeed in corporate America," Sherman said in a statement. The survey also found most men would rather not talk about work on a date. Forty-five percent of women said they like to talk about work to start a conversation on a date, compared with 30 percent of men. Fifty-five percent of men said business discussion was interesting from time to time, but they preferred to discuss other things, while 11 percent of men and 7 percent of women said when work day was over, they preferred to forget about it and talk about anything else. Advertisement The survey also found: women preferred to date a business executive; men preferred a medical professional; more women preferred to not date someone who works in their office; women were less likely to date a client and the ideal first date was a drink after work. No further survey details were provided. Read More Woman sues Match.com following stabbing Service plays Cyrano for online daters Most against dating political opposites Schools do little about dating violence