Is the idea of being a "gentleman" or a "lady" a thing of the past? Something that people only pretend to do now, if they do? What about heroes and heroism, does that also belong to another (more idealistic) era?
2007-06-30 08:39:11 · 5 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Gary C, well I'm not going to thumbs-down you, even though you just pretty well called me clueless.
2007-06-30 08:52:06 · update #1
Chivalry is still around, but not so much in the middle class. The very poor and the very rich still have the idea of big gender differences, but the middle class has been changed because we realized that women are not little pieces of property!! It's a good thing.
Heroes still live today, but I think the criteria has broadened. Now, any person who survives a "tragedy" is a "hero."
2007-06-30 08:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I could care less about chivalry, as it was really just a bunch of gender-related societal rules, and implied that men and women had to be constrained to specific stereotypes. I would like to see more mutual respect among people. For instance, I hold a door open for someone whether it is a man or a woman.
Also, people tend to sugarcoat the past and try to make it into some paradise. Keep in mind that there were huge racial disparities, and things like molestation and spousal abuse were just hidden, not absent.
2007-06-30 08:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by scottr 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Rap culture....
In my neighborhood it's not dead though. A girl can walk down the street and boys will offer to hold her backpack, buy her candy, whatever. Maybe that's more of a Latino thing though...
2007-06-30 08:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by Angelacia baybeeeeee 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All the Knights Errands have died...
Don Quixote was the last....And if people entertain such novel notions life will soon destroy all such nonsense...
Today its all about the money....Get a clue..
Anglo Saxon 10 is correct....The dilution of our society is easily recognizable...And I'll take my thumbs down now...
Honey come look...Thumbs down...I'm surprised the n*gs can read...
Mea culpa, Mea culpa, Mea maxima culpa..
(Or for the Spanards out there..Por mi culpa, por mi culpa por mi grande culpa).
I am sorry about the clueless thing...But in order to survive in this harsh world the codes of chivalry must go....
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you, MAT 7:6.
2007-06-30 08:46:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Well women became more available for a variety of reasons and therefore it killed the honor of a lady
available in all ways and places
2007-06-30 08:43:49 · answer #5 · answered by Pindy 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋