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Lior, I don’t think so.
The yeshivish community is generally much stricter with the guys than with the girls. (For reference you can read the numerous threads here that excoriate the guys for not continuing to date a girl they find unattractive, but then patiently explain to us, as if we were mentally deficient, that of course we cannot expect a girl to marry someone she is not attracted to.) In this case though, the “rules” seem pretty equal. If we’re talking about someone very, very yeshivish, then the dating won’t go to ten dates. Your average yeshivish guy or girl knows that it’s completely inexcusable to break it off at such a late date, by texting or talking to a shadchan. But mentchlichkeit (aka consideration to others and general courtesy) is hard to come by these days. A normal yeshivish or OOT or FFB or BT or OTD or Heimish or tuna beigel or any-label-you-can-come-up-with male or female will not do this.
Will the general public be kinder to the sweet, sensitive girl who does this and not vilify her as harshly as a guy? Wouldn’t surprise me.