"To Lucasta, Going to the Wars" by Richard Lovelace

The narrator leaves Lucasta in order for him to go to war. He referres to war as his new mistress which according to stanza two he finds more intreging then Lucasta. "And with a stronger faith embrace a sword, a horse, a shild" (6/7/8) makes it seem that the narrator thinks he has upgraded his mistresses because he gets more benefits. Lucasta was described to be a conservative girl, most people could say it is a masculine characteristic to "trade up" when one thing isnt satisfying their needs. I say we all look to obtain what we feel would satisfy us more. Do you think "trading up" is a masculine thing or a mutual thing?