NYT debates Chivalry

HappyGerbil88 · 2013-07-31T19:19:03+00:00

If women want equality then chivalry goes out the window. Either you want to be treated like a special little snowflake or you dont.

Leinadro · 2013-07-31T19:21:03+00:00

Personally I think when people complain about chivalry being dead they are actually complaining about lost privilege (see what I did there). They have probably recognized that those special treatments were coming at a price.

Well that price is a boatlaod of sexist expectations and presumptiins. Which are sexist tto both men and women. What's happened is those who wwant chivalry back want those special treatments without the costs.

Personally I think chivalry, which is based more around the (gender of the) people involved in the situation rather than the situation itself.

I recall a while reading an article that lamented the death of chivalry with the example being how a man didn't give up his bus seat for a pregnant woman. Oh it was so horrible that he stayed in his seat. I have two questions.

Did anyone stop to consider what HIS condition may be? Perhaps he has back problems and can't stand for too long.
And if its about courtesy then why was no one wondering why the women on the bus didn't offer their seat?

I'm all for being nice to people but don't try to use my gender against me to tell me how I should act with women but then get upset when the sexist presumptions follow.

MRB2012 · 2013-07-31T22:07:11+00:00

An 11th-century illustration of chivalric knight Sir Lancelot and his lover, Queen Guinevere.

Guinevere was married, and Lancelot's shenanigans with her destroyed everything Arthur had worked to build. If you're going to cite a story, make sure you know how it ends.

rottingchrist · 2013-07-31T19:18:06+00:00

No. Kill it with fire.

2013-07-31T20:36:39+00:00

Institutional Chivalry.

Ma99ie · 2013-07-31T23:12:47+00:00

Chivalry eloped with feminism.

Title	NYT debates Chivalry
Author	EvilPundit
Upvotes	18
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Date	July 31, 2013 7:08 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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