Society & Culture

chilvary

Society & Culture

Posted by: david

29th Apr 2010 06:22pm

have the days of chivalry gone.i still like to open doors for ladies or stand on puvblic transport for ladies.but some women object to this since womens lib has been introduced.what do you think.david


fizgig
  • 14th Jun 2012 02:28pm

I agree with all of the comments.

Both Chilvary and good manners are duying out.

When I was 8 months pregnant and travelling on the train very few people offered a seat. I even offered mine to an elderly lady (I don't think she would like to be called old).

As an independant woman I cannot stand any women who "have a go" at a man who is being chilvarous - I encourage it. I think it is being respectful - not being derogatory to women.

I followed a woman into a building one day, the gentleman in front of her opened the door and stepped aside to let us both in first. She had a go at him because "she was perfectly capable of opening a door". I had a go at her for being rude!!! That is all it is.

To this day I do not understand why people cannot use "please", "thank-you" and "excuse me". My children do not get anything with out it and neither do their friends when they come over.

Men - do not give up - their are still some of us who appreciate it so much that it actually puts a smile on your face for the rest of the day!


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