I'm not suggesting being courteous to others is a bad thing, even when such courtesies are wasted on a woman. Having said that, I fail to see how women attained exclusive rights to our chivalry in the first place!
For example say your sitting on public transit, the bus is so full you can taste the odour of the patron next to you. Next stop comes up and an elderly man canes his way up the steps and on to the bus. If you are not one of the first to get up from your seat, you are truly an insensitive prick, and a major drain on society in general. I would also expect any descent person to react similarly to an elderly lady, or woman with young children/stroller under the same circumstances.
But the question I have to ask is why is chivalry strictly accepted as a men towards women transaction? How is that old man who got on the bus any fucking different than a woman of the same age and state of health? Should a teenage girl not be expected to hold the door for an elderly man entering the mall behind her? No of course not. A man who has probably been chivalrous all his miserable life, to countless women doesn't deserve this same respect?
Am I the only one upset over this? I can't be the only poor bastard on this planet that sees an issue with this. Oh that's right we all saw an issue with it! Hence why the task of being chivalrous was laid to rest and women were left baffled by this surprising societal turn of events. Seems men just got sick, and motherfucking tired of pulling out endless chairs, holding open doors, and offering their jackets when it was so fucking cold outside, witches were burning themselves alive. The point is why would any intelligent person continue to uphold a practice that would never gain them any notoriety in a woman's mind, and most importantly ZERO reciprocation.
As men we are expected to provide, care for, and love our mates, no matter what; Till death do us part kind of shit. We got stuck with the societal pressure (created by woman) of paying for every meal out, every movie ticket, every drink, and inevitably (if you choose such a path) a diamond fucking ring! And what do we get in return for such "chivalrous" action? We get a guaranteed week every month where you're imenstrally easy to get along with, and if all goes as planned we have the privilege of experiencing the intricacies of menopause! YAH!
I fail to see where equality and chivalry meet, perhaps for lunch at Le Restaurante de Hypocrisy, west of Le rue de bullshit!. Women took a noble notion that today should only translate to being courteous (to everyone) in my opinion, and targeted it to their niche market.
Still wondering what killed chivalry? Then read this woman's (yes I said woman) article, on the very same subject, and oddly enough with the very same outcome.
