53, California. 'nuff said?
A man who holds his positive frames and controls his own reality makes even the university feminists weak in the knees. They are too knocked back on their heels emotionally at finally encountering such a creature to even remember to make snippy comments when he holds the door for them. On the other hand, a man with slumped shoulders and a "poor me" attitude who is sure a woman is going to say something nasty when he holds the door for her, well, he's probably going to be right. But it isn't the act that irritates her, it's him. ;)
I dunno. I can't say I have ever encountered it. Maybe we just have very different experiences.
That being said, on balance I find Southern California women a lot more relaxed and nyc women to be more uptight, as a general principle. Then again, nyc is more uptight than SoCal all around, so there you go! ;-)