Posted on 05/01/2018 4:46:28 PM PDT by Rummyfan
A friend of mine whose mother died recently was going through her parents’ memorabilia and unearthed a Western Union telegram from 1954 that her father sent her mother just before they married. Here’s what it said:
Darling, I shall be waiting for you at eight. With a lifetime of expectancy. My heart will be coming with you down the aisle. May God be with us tonight as we pray we will always be with Him. Thank you for becoming my wife. My love forever yours, Henry
Several days after I’d read this note, I came across this miserable tripe on Facebook: “Chivalry is harmful to both men and women,” relays the woman in the video. “because it reinforces this idea that women need to be helped or saved by a stronger man. And it takes away a woman’s agency.”
The video is part of an "Unpopular Opinion" series on Facebook, a concept that in theory I’d support. But there’s nothing unpopular about a video that sells the same tired message feminists have sold for years and subsequently became the status quo: that men and women are “equal” and should therefore be treated the same.
Women can open their own doors, pull out their own chairs and take care of themselves, women have argued for years. “I’m strong enough to do all these things,” notes the woman in the video, who identifies herself as Emily Panic, as she flexes her arm muscles to viewers.
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Look, I posted FACTS! It's IMPORTANT to know and understand what's what; so I supplied them. I wasn't denigrating, nor eschewing the "ideals" of Victorian chivalric codes of manners at all! In fact, they were and still ARE wonderful...all of them!
OTOH...it is important to understand that the original codes of chivalry were pretty awful and pretty far removed from what most people now connect to the word "chivalry".
The Knights Code of Chivalry as described in the Song of Roland
A knight was expected to have not only the strength and skills to face combat but was also expected to temper this aggressive side of a knight with a chivalrous side to his nature. There was never an authentic Knights Code of Chivalry as such. It was a moral system which went beyond rules of combat and introduced the concept of Chivalrous conduct, qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women.
1) To fear God and maintain His Church
2) To serve the liege lord in valor and faith
3) To protect the weak and defenseless
4) To give succor to widows and orphans
5) To refrain from the wanton giving of offense
6) To live by honor and for glory
7) To despise pecuniary reward
8) To fight for the welfare of all
9) To obey those placed in authority
10) To guard the honour of fellow knights
11) To eschew unfairness, meanness and deceit
12) To keep faith
13) At all times to speak the truth
14) To persevere to the end in any enterprise begun
15) To respect the honor of women
16) Never to refuse a challenge from an equal
17) Never to turn the back upon a foe
I’m not forcing you to talk to me.
Refute what I posted, or just ignore my post. Nobody's holding a gun to your head, making you reply to me.
And, snowflake, I'm not the one complaining about YOU posting to me! *snicker*
I am 69 years old. I open doors for all women regardless of age. I call them all Mame regardless of age. I always get a big smile and a thank you. It makes it worthwhile to do.
I didn’t complain. Just observed.
That’s the difference between Texas and my former home of California.
You tried to bait me,but it isn't working; diddums.
Wow mister, you’re just too smart for me!
LOL
Correct sir
Teaching my two boys the way of the gentleman
Most laughs in a minute I’ve had all day.
Thanks for posting :)
It’s alive and well in this household. Sad that there are women out there that don’t appreciate it.
I couldn’t even imagine. Anyone that opens a door from me gets a smile and a thank you, always.
At our little town’s post office, I held a door open for a little old lady. Surprising even me, a lightning-fast adult woman leaped in front of her!
#MeToo...?
Chivalry, and The Crusades, seem to be ascendant themes at YouTube's "Epic Music Mixes".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pICAha0nsb0
Thanks.
“Nothing is stupider than a woman who gets all bent out of shape and takes your respect as some kind of slight or offense.”
Or a come on. Sometimes when I’m nice to a woman she takes it as a sexual interest. That, too, is just nuts.
Chivalry is not dead - there’s just fewer of us who practice it......
It’s interesting to see the look of surprise on a womans face when I hold a door for them.
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