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Originally Posted by snowy
Chivalry, to me, is a word whose meaning gets misused and abused; people toss it around when really they mean common courtesy. I thought the distinction needed to be made.
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But I would argue that when most people use the word today, it means "the common courtesy and special treatment that men show women of romantic interest," or something to that effect. My definition is more about what I posted above.
It's one of those words that no longer mean what they're really supposed to mean, but sometimes you've just gotta go with contemporary usage.
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