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whew, I'm glad I read to the bottom of this thread. A lot of the earlier posts were quite offensive.
The last few posts describe me perfectly. I have to say, Vanblah, that happens to me all the time. They'll even make eye contact and just walk by with nary a word. Always wish I could pick them out earlier and let the door go right when they come through, lol.
As Carno said, chivalry is the idea that women deserve to be treated a certain way because they are women. It's like saying you can't do anything for yourself. Honestly, why should I have to push your chair in? Just seems rediculous to me. If I get to a door first I'll hold it open, but you'd better not wait at the door for me to hold it open or I'll just walk through. That seems rude to me. "Hi, I'm a woman, and instead of opening the door for you I'm going to stand here and wait for you to get here and open the door for me because I'm special." I give up my seat on buses and trains all the time, for older(read elderly, people who actually look like they need to sit down, not a 50 year old that looks like he could bench me ^_^ ) people, or people with children, or people carrying lots of stuff, but don't expect me to give up my seat to a woman who can just as well stand on her own.
Common courtesy is something I do on a daily basis, and by the way, I'm 20, so don't think it's dieing out quite yet. I think it has a lot to do with how you are raised. I don't beleive that people are preprogrammed to go out of their way for others. It's something that has to be taught.
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