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>
Yes.
It's just that 'modern women' are being deluded into thinking that such courtesy is the equivalent of being groped and harrassed.
I've been thanked by women older than I ONLY.
Not a single woman my age or younger says thank you for such courtesy.
(Only in RARER and rarer occasions where they feel obligated to say it, grudgingly.)
Sad commentary on the state of our youth these days.
Sad that I am considered an anachronism.. *Tsk tsk.. pitying look towards todays 'youth'*