As the practice of chivalry has been delegated to the state, it appears that individual men are no longer behaving in the most accommodating manner toward women. In fact, the taboo against attacking and humiliating women has started to dissipate in the younger cohort, as incidents such as the following suggest.
Recently, in Bellingham Washington, 22-year-old James Manas approached IHOP mascot Suzy Strawberry, represented by a 19-year-old woman in a huge pancake suit, and began mocking and slapping her.
Eventually, police were called, and Mr. Manas was cited for disorderly conduct. Manas claimed that it was all in good fun, and he didn’t mean any harm. An old man interviewed on TV about the attack was appalled, but otherwise people didn’t seem all that disturbed by the incident.
Feminism sought to reinforce female privilege by making it a government on top of cultural priority. However, when government takes something over, people generally stop feeling that it is their job, so instead of buttressing female privilege, the effect has simply been to transfer responsibility. Although some young men may still have a white knighting, chivalrous attitude, they are increasingly in the minority. Due to cultural changes and growing awareness of female behavior, especially hypergamy, promiscuity and selfishness, there is no longer an assumption that women are worth protecting, and in some cases young men may actually think it’s OK to humiliate them in public.
It looks as though feminism is truly starting to become women’s problem.
