To: SCDogPapa; snippy_about_it
Yes.
I agree, and no offense taken by this young "Gun Bunny".
It really was a different era, with duifferent 'mores' and different thinking.
Back then, men stood up when a woman entered the room as well as opened the door for them.
Pulled chairs out for them, and pushed the chairs back in once women were seated.
And in war, men blazed away at each other from spitting distance without much in the way of pity or concern.
They would have shrugged at us and our modern 'concerns' about war and said, "But, that's war."
For all we've gained over the years, we've lost so much.
(On a semi-related side note, a man will be told he's sexually harrassing a woman for holding the door open for her. Personal experience.)
49 posted on
06/19/2003 12:59:15 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
To: Darksheare
Back then, men stood up when a woman entered the room as well as opened the door for them. Pulled chairs out for them, and pushed the chairs back in once women were seated.
(On a semi-related side note, a man will be told he's sexually harrassing a woman for holding the door open for her. Personal experience.)
Hold on a minute. If you meet a woman that doesn't still expect this and even worse is offended by it then she isn't worth your time or courtesy.
I know the boys in my family, including my young 20 year old nephew were raised this way and he better stand up when a woman walks in a room and all the other things you mention. (I know he does he's a good boy)
It still happens, thank goodness. I know where I work there are still young and not so young men that will let me enter and exit the elevator first and I appreciate the gester and yes, I still expect it and consider it rude if it's not done. < /rant>
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