I'm trying to figure out what's going on with this thread....
Am I to understand that there are women who want to be treated as damsels in distress and are waiting for a knight in shining armor?
I find this romanticization of bygone eras fascinating for we do it with selective memory. As for chivalry, there were many reasons for its existence and I don't think women - or men - would be too eager to bring back all that chivalry encompassed.
I'm of the mindset that we should put down all our romance books filled with gossamer petticoats, ripped bodices, and Fabio and return to the real world.
Now, common courtesy is something I can endorse...but I find that many people lamenting the demise of common courtesy are as guilty of its demise as those they accuse of lacking it.
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