Well now you see...to me...Chivalry is a dieing breed!
The teenage boys of this day in age have either
1. Not been taught manners
2. Forget their manners
3. Choose not to use their manners.
You get 1 in every 50 boys that have some chivarlous quality. What happened?
Chivalry is dieing...No gentleman to open your door, pull out your chair, walk you to your house or car. NOTHING.
There are the old heads who still have the tendencies but the young are lacking. In today's society dudes just want ass and to play games. They do not even address ladies with respect. Its just yo! or shorty! or ma! I am not any of these.
It is sad to say that chivarly is basically dead but HEY I have a girlfriend so it doesn't matter. Ha Ha!
Keep on trucking!
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as you can tell from my atrocious spelling above!
Conformity is the jailor of freedom and the enemy of growth!~JFK
Yep.
More important than chivalry is mutual respect though. Women are no better than men, and vice versa. Both should be treated with respect.
I know a boy who has always been very chivalrous. He hold open doors for people (all people, not just girls), lets people go in front of him (sometimes he even throws in a theatrical bow), offers to help people with what they're doing, or carry things if people need help.
He got teased ALL the time. Mostly by boys, but some girls too.
That's probably why most boys do do stuff like that any more. Even he isn't as attentive as he used to be.
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I'd argue that women aren't any better. If some guy starts holding car doors open and whatnot, most women act a little suspicious. My mom is 'dating' a guy that's very gentlemanly, and it's difficult for us to wait for him to walk around and open the door for us. Just saying.
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Yes, women aren't very polite either. The thing is, its more of a problem the whole generation has. And like most of our problems, I blame our parents. Our parents did not instill this on us. That is for many reasons, which I will not go into here. Instead, I will attack females on a different front.
Not only are the women less polite as well, but they are also less appreciative. I think this is the big thing. Women don't want that. Hell, for awhile, women started getting mad when someone held to door open for them. "Its the 90s! Equality!" More so, women like the bad guys. This has always been, only now they dont need to bring the good guys home to daddy. They bring the bad guy, and tell their daddy's to fuck off. The chivalrous types are left in the dust.
I've know the chivalrous types. Most view them as wierd or nerdy. They don't get the girls. Sure, they deserve better than those girls, but when they nice guy seldom get the girl, guys just stop wanting to be nice. Girls just want to have fun, so the guys are better off just being fun.
That's why I hold the door open for people and appreciate it when people hold the door open for me.
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I work at a renaissance fair, and the other employees seem to uphold these qualities better than your average citizen. Of course, we have to for the authentic feel, but most of us still act that way our of the fair as well. When it comes to holding doors, I don't have a problem getting into a car or going in a building. But getting out of a car? I forget, and just get myself out, instead of letting someone open the door for me. I'm a scatterbrain.
i just think the chivalrous things are nice.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth!~JFK
Yes, it is very nice. Another example from the Faire: the walkways are mostly large gravel. Being a clutz, I trip constantly. Fortunately, there is a guy (a pirate, actually) who, when he doesn't need to be doing anything else, will walk around with me and provide an arm for me to hold on to so that I don't trip.
chilvary is dead
chivalry was created by men in order to patronize women.....Basically stating that women cant take care of themselves so we will create a set of rules that takes care of women.
It was created in a time when women could not vote, recieve higher education, or work outside of the home. Husbands were also allowed by law to discipline/beat their wives.
Now that women have fought hard and recieved equality (somewhat), alot of the old chivelrous codes have been done away with.
I personally consider myself a gentleman, so i will always hold the door, walk closer to the street while on the sidewalk, and always ladies first, but thats about it.
I think chivalry just means being a polite person. Everyone should hold the door for each other.