My first impulse was to ‘roll my eyes’ but then I kept reading. Many of her points are valid, and are what used to be called common sense or courtesy . Much of this courtesy was for any person, but a special brand of that civilized behavior was/is meant for men toward women. That’s mainly how I was raised.
This was long before women began demanding to be treated exactly like men in almost every situation.
That change in social expectation should not change the basic facts of getting along with people. Treat others as you would wish to be treated, or as you would wish the women in your family to be treated. When I became a teenager, I was taught there are right ways and wrong ways to shop, if you don’t want to arouse suspicion of store clerks on the lookout for shoplifters. As a teen, I learned there are ways to avoid most suspicion of the cops, on the lookout for people running away from the law. Some folks do need to learn what personal boundaries are. I always assume a woman wants a little more space, a little less eye contact unless she indicates otherwise, or unless the situation requires more.
I keep joking that we need to invent a modern version of the Charm Schools that Sears and Roebuck used to offer to the public.
Wow......with each passing day, Trump’s victory over Clinton looks more and more like the right decision....Apparently Leftist women are the weakest creatures on the planet..
Very well said! It's a shame that the author got so PC and anti-male at the end. Because most of what she said was good advice. There is nothing wrong with being courteous.
Well said-all the kids in the family I grew up in were brought up with the understanding that we were to mind out manners when not at home on the ranch-or else. My cub was brought up the same way even though quite a few of her friends were not. I’m the only woman on a crew of men-I’m treated as an equal, and I treat my co-workers with the same respect they show me-too many women demand equality only until they have to reciprocate-then they want to be treated like women-I consider most women untrustworthy snowflakes-weak sisters-I won’t work with or for them, and most of my friends are guys...
I suppose I’m spoiled by living in a remote place-there are plenty of places to hike right outside the back gates on this road, and a lot of us hit the trails by the river and in the woods every weekend, at least. I’ve never come across an impolite, obnoxious or threatening person on the trail, people greet each other and walk together often-I carry when I hike, but that is more about animal predators than human ones.
This is just a semi-trashy redneck place-not some gated enclave-but there is no way I would hike or run in any greenbelt or other park in the city, armed or not...