Now I know what it means so I can ask! lol.
I'm a romantic at heart and personally, I strongly believe in it. Call me old fashioned, but I think it is a guy's duty to protect the woman he loves from harm's way.
2007-09-16 05:22:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I like the old custom of chivalry. But it's difficult today because the ladies are very much wanting their freedom, and the ways of chivalry imply some dependence on the male's strength. So it's difficult to be chivalrous today. But it's difficult not to be, when you fell the need to protect those who need protecting.
2007-09-16 05:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by gene_frequency 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chivalry doesn't HAVE to be practised only by males towards females - there's nothing wrong with women being chivalrous towards guys as well, and many are. I say do away with chivalry and gender based treatment and just treat EVERYBODY with respect and dignity. And that goes for how women should behave as well. I think age should be a factor. If someone is elderly and needs help, then they should be helped regardless of gender. That means that if it's an 80 year old man with a walking stick who can't open the door for himself, and it's a young woman who's walking through ahead of him, she should hold the door for him. If the genders are reversed, the guy should do the same. And if the genders are the same, the able bodied young person should STILL do the decent thing and open the door. Taking gender into account when deciding who to be polite to is ridiculous. And chivalry between young people (IE guys always letting the ladies go first and opening doors for them) seems to be a bad idea since it causes this horrible "nice guy" label. I seriously believe one of the reasons so many guys fall into that label is because their parents tell them to respect women unconditionally, just because they're female, and no one actually tells them the truth about how to be attractive, assertive, AND polite all at the same time.
2016-05-21 00:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wanna believe in chivalry it all depends who u are with and what kind of person they are.
my guy does believe in it, in fact too much sometimes.
but hey its always nice for a guy to hold the door or carry heavy things for them once in a while. specially a stranger then u know that chivalry does exist.
2007-09-16 05:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by Nosh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But with the Equal Rights Movement, a lot of women, don't like the idea.
2007-09-16 05:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Beau R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, yes, I quite do believe in chivalry.
As long as the women needs protection.
2007-09-16 05:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Kuborion 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. This is supposed to be an age of equality. Unless your arm is broken, open your own door. I do protect my wife from all types of harm, but I don't baby her either.
2007-09-16 05:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by tercentenary98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do. My hubby is like that still, even after all of the years we've been together. He also knows when not to overstep his bounds so to speak, and let me be the strong willed woman that I am.
2007-09-16 05:33:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chivalry is dead I'm sad to say, but yes, i love all of the stories such as the knights of the round table stories with king arthur and such.
i wouldve loved to have lived in the romantic era.
2007-09-16 05:26:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
you are dead on the money, but not just protecting her. I still open her doors, walk on the streetside, and let her go thru a door before i do. But, to be honest, if i forget, shell will kindly remind me by stepping on my foot on her way by lol
2007-09-16 05:29:07 · answer #9 · answered by dadforfive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love it and am also very old fashioned in all the ways ethics and character too.... proud of it
2007-09-16 05:27:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋