[Restorer]

I wonder if the stories of men being chewed out for holding a door or offering a seat to a woman are true. I've been doing so for going on 40 years now whenever I get the chance, all over the US, and have never had a female react in this manner.

Some just ignore me, but that's another issue. :)

[LoneConservative]

I once offered my seat on a crowded F Train to a VERY pregnant lady. She glared at me, and said, "Do you think I NEED it???" That was the only time I ever got a reaction like that. Usually, it's an amazed look.

LC

[American Quilter]

I wonder if the stories of men being chewed out for holding a door or offering a seat to a woman are true.

Unfortunately there are such women. I saw many such instances in my college years, when young women who didn't know any better fell prey to feminist philosophies. Some of them have never gotten their thinking straightened out enough to understand their error. But I hope their numbers are decreasing as they mature and learn to think.

[PeteB570]

I haven't gotten a negative response since the early eighties.

Since I will hold a door for men or women, I never in that big a hurry, I've found that most just walk on by without even a nod. The cell phone talkers act like I'm an automatic door.

The people who do respond, male or female generally respond with the sweetest smile and a nice thank you.

[null and void]

I wonder if the stories of men being chewed out for holding a door or offering a seat to a woman are true.

They are. It's happened multiple times to me.

(OTOH, I am in California)...