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Though they're both similar words I'd use the word gallantry rather than chivalry. Chivalry has more to do with the moral code of knights. Cervantes' masterpiece shows the foolhardiness in trying to live by such a code due to romantic notions drawn from fictional works. As for gallantry (I'm speaking of the treatment of women in a differential and courtly manner by opening doors etc.) any notion that this behaviour is required is also clearly archaic.
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"I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble." -Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre
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