When I was about 12 (in the late 50's), I spent several days in a hospital for tests.
One day when my mother was visiting, a female friend of hers stopped in to say hello.
I stayed in bed.
When the friend left, my mother sternly told me that when a woman enters the room, I was to stand up!
I smartly replied, "Well, what if I have a broken leg?" I was convinced I had gotten the best of her.
She looked at me and replied in a very direct manner, "You still stand up!"
All these years later, I stand whenever a woman enters the room (unless she's a liberal, then I deliberately stay seated -- lol!)
You DEAL with it. Weren't you reading?
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