OK, just posted this in my journal, but realised it was a little stupid cause i wanted to discuss it
continuing..
So i was doing some of my standard chivalrous acts around work etc today, holding doors open, helping people with some boxes and somehow, after i helped this girl out i had this on my mind for the rest of the day.
Basically, it seems, guys or knights back in the 1200's (or whenever knights etc were about?) or basically hundred of years ago would do all this nice acts, mainly for women. By the fairy-tales as well, the knights were always nice guys and went and saved the beautiful princess from the dragon. Although i always thought it was a bit of a shame that the princess was simply beautfiul without much personailty or anything. Plus she had to marry the knight by default? probably written by a guy though
...Don't wanna tangent to far though...
Also, i recalled during the titanic and other sorta disater movies or events and theres always a cry for "Women and children first" (also a lyric in Radiohead's Idioteque song, about war and profiting off of it). So basically, everyone, in the old days were looking out for women and to save them. Which is great
Although was this only a child-bearing survival of the species thing?
Cause i was then wondering why then, women used to get screwed with all equal oppurtunity stuff, in jobs and everything. Like they didn't get as much as guys for the same job, couldn't vote or get high position jobs etc Seems weird that they would get such nice treatment just around the house and stuff, but when it comes to anything else they get treated unequally and rather horribly?
Seems odd, that only until recently, after years of nice social treatment (well just the chivalry dealy), they're starting to get on equal terms with guys in other facets of life,
It's just that females are so amazing
i was wondering about this injustice and phoney treatment
