<p>Is it dead? Or do you think its still alive? Many think that it sets the Womens Rights Movement back. And it does not give genders true equality. Because it makes it seem women can't do anything for themselves, and men have to serve women. There are many arguments for and against it.</p>
<p>I don’t know, I’ll go ask my liege lord, when I’m not exacting taxes from the peasants on my estate.</p>
<p>I’m just going to be honest and say if a group (whoever they may be) protests and asks for equal rights they shouldn’t expect speical treatment.</p>
<p>I think that some parts of chivalry isn’t and shouldn’t be dead like opening doors for others, though that’s just a common courtesy and it’s polite. But I don’t think that only guys should do chivalrous things.</p>
<p>Men are always dominant ofcourse.</p>
<p>Jk, but seriously… I agree with ZombieDante</p>
<p>Can’t have it both ways…</p>
<p>Unless you have no arms, I shouldn’t be “required” to open a door for you.</p>
<p>And yes you cant have it both ways</p>
<p>why can’t everyone open doors for others?</p>
<p>I do open doors, for old people, if someone has stuff in their hands, or if I feel like being nice. But I shouldnt be required to do it just because you’re a female</p>
<p>People should feel required to open a door for someone because they’re a fellow human being</p>
<p>but thats not the focus of this thread. The OP was talking about chivalry towards women</p>
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<p>Not all women support feminists, though.</p>
<p>^But all women want to be treated with equal rights like men. Yet most women want to be treated with more rights.</p>
<p>These days chivalry is translated in many cases as being a creeper.</p>
<p>how about we become a polite society where everyone is chivalrous?</p>
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Do we have to stop the systematic, neo-colonial oppression of large swaths of the Earth, or can that be polite?</p>
<p>Is it? Perhaps. Should it be? I don’t think so. </p>
<p>Personally, I think it’s just a matter of being polite. Call me traditional, but I shudder to recall the many times I have seen a woman at the airport struggling to get through a door with luggage while many men just stood there watching. Not to say that another woman couldn’t have been polite and opened the door just as well, but if a guy goes the extra mile to be polite, it says a lot about his character in general! :)</p>
<p>How can chivalry be dead when it was never truly alive?</p>
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Why didn’t you open the door for her? What’s between your legs has little to do with your ability to open a door. Don’t criticize the men for just watching if you were just watching them watch her.</p>
<p>@DolorousEdd:</p>
<p>Haha… did you consider that I too was struggling to get through the door on the other side? XD
In every day life, I probably hold the door more often than many guys I have encountered.</p>
<p>Anyways, I don’t think chivalry has to be only for men. We can all be “chivalrous” by being polite to each other and not going through life like we only have time to help ourselves. </p>
<p>But from a relationship standpoint, I think I can speak for many of us Southern girls when I say that if you’re a guy and you let the door slam in our face or the like, you are not considered boyfriend material! lol.</p>