Sorta reminds me of that exchange about the man who held the door for the woman. She complained he didn't have to open doors for her just because she's a woman. He said he didn't do it because she was a woman. He did it because he was a gentleman.
I'm a woman and I hold the door open for both men and women. It doesn't have a thing to do with age or gender.
Age does not excuse people from acting like jerks and they are not going to get respect from me if they are jerks.