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When I was in the army, there were few women so I can't speak well to that. Also, there were no women in combat specialties (and still aren't), although female US soldiers have been killed in forward postings.
I can tell you that our enemies use women and children, and that I've been fired upon (and fired at) both.
There is no chivalry in a firefight, there is only chaos met by training. Things do not happen slowly...
I was a special operations senior sergeant (18Z), kind of the team leader, sometimes they call us the team daddy. It's hard to explain, there isn't an equivalent civilian job for this OS...
The motto of special forces is "de oppresso liber" which is latin meaning "to free the oppressed." Is that not chivalry? Is that not the goal of bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry? To treat each person as special, even the uneducated, barefooted, african tribesman who doesn't know what (or if) he'll eat tomorrow? Do we live that? In my unit, we certainly did.
Is it still the case? Yes, I believe it is.
Hope that answers your questions, SB.
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