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3rd June 2008, 10:22pm
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#1 | | Pillowpants Moderator
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| Chivalry
Did a wee search and found one other thread last used in 2004 so decided to create a new one. Yay?
Is it just me that is a total sucker for chivalry? Im all for equality and stuff, but theres just something that makes me wibble when a man is nice and does manly things, like insisting on carrying all the shopping bags, open doors for you to go through first, hold things for you, pulls out your chair for you etc etc. Is this chivalry or just good manners? Why don't more men do it? Is it demeaning towards the more feminist grip us women have on the world nowadays? | 
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3rd June 2008, 10:29pm
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#2 | | The Persecutor
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Gettin fingered
Posts: 18,250
| Re: Chivalry
No, it's not just you - I also love it when men treat me like a princess. | |
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3rd June 2008, 10:30pm
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#3 | | Nervous Energy
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The dark side of the moon.
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| Re: Chivalry
Shut it and get back in the kitchen.
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3rd June 2008, 10:36pm
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#4 | | Infrequenter
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a box. Maybe
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| Re: Chivalry
Hmmm... I was talking about this the other night. According to my (female) friend I'm far too gentlemanly for my own good and I need to be more of an asshole if I want to meet* girls. I dunno, I wouldn't really consider things like that as chivalry, more like good manners as you suggested.
* or whatever you crazy kids call courting these days. Quote:
Originally Posted by Posh  No, it's not just you - I also love it when men treat me like a princess. | You can be my princess any time, babe. 
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3rd June 2008, 10:43pm
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#5 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Chivalry
Chivalry to a point is nice, I agree. but years back I had a boyfriend who used to do EVERYTHING for me, bloody everything! It was nice for the first two weeks or so when things were all new and fresh ect, but holy fuck it got boring real quick. Needless to say he got binned.
IMO if he'll hold a door open for you, carry your bags and go fetch some bog-roll after a messy shag then you could do far worse.
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3rd June 2008, 10:44pm
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#6 | | Pos-Reprehensible
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SelfLoathian.
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| Re: Chivalry
Personally, I think that to assist others in everyday tasks is to condescend to them in a truly degrading manner. If a pregnant woman needs help getting up off her seat, leave her be- don't deprive her of the opportunity to illustrate that sisters can indeed do it for themselves! You go, girl.
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3rd June 2008, 10:52pm
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#7 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Chivalry
Remember a few years back, when TV still had a monopoly on funny videos? There was a show, I can't remember the name of it, but it was narrated by Tommy Vance and was like a hardcore version of "You've Been Framed".
Anyway, there was one video of a guy firing his girlfriend out of a trebuchet onto a massive trampoline, which she dutifuly bounced out of, limbs flailing, onto the ground, breaking her legs.
Vance's commentary as her man pulled the lever and she was launched to her not insignificant injury was a euphoric "WHO SAID CHIVALRY WAS DEAD!"
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3rd June 2008, 10:57pm
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#8 | | 50ft Queenie
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fascination Street
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| Re: Chivalry
Apparantly chivalry's dead.
I caught a snippet of some experiment on Brainiac the other day where a woman walked along a street with her skirt tucked into her pants. A few other women came up to tell her, but all the men just ogled and laughed. | |
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3rd June 2008, 10:57pm
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#9 | | The Persecutor
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Gettin fingered
Posts: 18,250
| Re: Chivalry
Quote:
Originally Posted by bugpowderdust Hmmm... I was talking about this the other night. According to my (female) friend I'm far too gentlemanly for my own good and I need to be more of an asshole if I want to meet* girls. | After years of practice, I can do both at once. | |
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3rd June 2008, 10:58pm
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#10 | | its all funkytastic
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Kingdom
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| Re: Chivalry
I think its all about manners, its nice when someones polite to you. Makes you feel better and that not everyone follows suit to being an ignorant twat.
I think girls lap up the attention when blokes do the stereotyped manly things like opening a door for you. Makes us ladies feel that extra wee bit special.
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3rd June 2008, 10:59pm
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#11 | | Meat Festival
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| Re: Chivalry
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Originally Posted by purkle I think girls lap up the attention when blokes do the stereotyped manly things like opening a door for you. | It's only nice if you're intending to leave.
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3rd June 2008, 11:00pm
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#12 | | Infrequenter
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a box. Maybe
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| Re: Chivalry
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Originally Posted by Posh After years of practice, I can do both at once. | You must teach me your mystical ways, oh wise master.
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3rd June 2008, 11:01pm
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#13 | | We Looked Like Giants
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Glasgow
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| Re: Chivalry
Does it count when women do it to? I've seen friends act like that around men, cook them dinner, stay sober so they can drive the guy home, running up to get them a top up of drink while eating etc. I just feel they're getting taken advantage of and feel a bit sorry for them.
Same thing with men, whenever my significant other is up he's constantly doing things for me, and I just treat him like shit. It's brilliant. | |
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3rd June 2008, 11:03pm
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#14 | | Pos-Reprehensible
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| Re: Chivalry
It takes a circus strongman to open a door, as we all know.
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3rd June 2008, 11:03pm
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#15 | | its all funkytastic
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| Re: Chivalry
Thing is you've always gotta be the one with the control, and the other person is the one doing nice things for you. All works nicely.
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