Chivalry, dead, dying, lost?
Men, when is the last time you pulled a chair out for a woman you were courting?
Better still, when is the last time you saw another person doing so?
As I continue research for my upcoming novel, ‘Bombshell’, I have stumbled across many articles on the topic (most of which with one view) and thought I would explore the topic for my first article.
Chivalry started out originally as a code used by medieval knights, a code where a high value was placed on; kindness, courage and honour.
Its modern day equivalent is that of kindness and polite and honest behaviour by men towards women. Around forty or fifty years ago, chivalry was a must have tool in a gentlemen’s tool box. But in the age we are living in, an age of women’s rights/feminism and hook up websites and apps; where less people are taught traditional values, is it soon to become extinct?
Some would argue that it already has. But what could be the cause?
Has feminism lead to a man being accused of sexist behaviour, simply through him being courteous?
Have apps like tinder and the relaxed attitude towards pre-marital sex made us adapt and write off these kind acts as ‘old fashioned’?
Are we all less trusting towards people who offer help and kindness?
There are some who would argue that chivalry is alive and well, there are some who would argue that chivalry and being a gentleman are one in the same, or that chivalry is now a universal code, used by women towards men, as much as men towards women, men towards men, etc.
All I will say is this, ‘an act of kindness is never wasted’.
What are your thoughts?
Better still, when is the last time you saw another person doing so?
As I continue research for my upcoming novel, ‘Bombshell’, I have stumbled across many articles on the topic (most of which with one view) and thought I would explore the topic for my first article.
Chivalry started out originally as a code used by medieval knights, a code where a high value was placed on; kindness, courage and honour.
Its modern day equivalent is that of kindness and polite and honest behaviour by men towards women. Around forty or fifty years ago, chivalry was a must have tool in a gentlemen’s tool box. But in the age we are living in, an age of women’s rights/feminism and hook up websites and apps; where less people are taught traditional values, is it soon to become extinct?
Some would argue that it already has. But what could be the cause?
Has feminism lead to a man being accused of sexist behaviour, simply through him being courteous?
Have apps like tinder and the relaxed attitude towards pre-marital sex made us adapt and write off these kind acts as ‘old fashioned’?
Are we all less trusting towards people who offer help and kindness?
There are some who would argue that chivalry is alive and well, there are some who would argue that chivalry and being a gentleman are one in the same, or that chivalry is now a universal code, used by women towards men, as much as men towards women, men towards men, etc.
All I will say is this, ‘an act of kindness is never wasted’.
What are your thoughts?
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