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Originally posted by lovehaiku84
Interesting topic... I have been fortunate enough to find a guy who believes in practicing a bit of chivalry. On one occasion when we were out some girls actually stopped to give him "props" when they saw him open the car door for me On the whole, however, I think that chivalry is definitely nearing extinction. Rarely if ever do young men do polite things for women. On any given day on campus you will see these guys literally allowing doors to slam in the faces of ladies walking behind them. Forget about them actually holding the door and letting the girl walk through in front of them. Its gotten to the point where we are actually holding forums on campus to discuss the issue! I think at the same time though, on the rare occasion that a guy does try to do something polite, we as young women don't know how to take it, because usually whenever that does happen we think he's trying to "get with" us (which a lot of the time is the case).
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Not excusing the behavior but it's probably leaving because boys don't have it modeled enough for them (father figures.)
A couple of weekends ago, I was walking down the street with my 6-year-old daughter and switched sides, making her walk on the inside of me, away from street traffic. Granted, it was little young for a chivalry lesson, but at least she knows that "boys are supposed to walk closest to the cars."