Chivalry is “benevolent sexism”
I was just watching the BBC news channel and was amazed that this information was branded as surprising new research. This has been on the feminist agenda for years.
Just a quick note on the subject: It’s the intention, not the action that matters. If someone assumed i needed helped because i’m a woman, i would be offended. If someone offered to help me because it was clear i needed help, then that’s just being nice.
I expect people to help me/hold doors open etc because IT’S THE NICE THING TO DO. I don’t want this feminist research to make men think twice about opening a door for a woman, as long as he’s doing it because it’s the polite thing to do, and something he’d do for anyone, regardless of gender.
Lets just be nice for the sake of being nice.
