Wow! Why?
Swell guy you are.
These days women want to be captain of the ship...until they’re fifty yards from the rocks, at which time they become damsels in distress,
Of course once you get them out of the rough seas, they want to be captain again.
A gentleman is always armed against ruffians and highwaymen.
Having a .357 stuffed in your face brings out the polite in people....
actually, i’m confused. women are deemed capable of being police officers and protecting you from large, scary dudes. they also are capable of combat on the front lines, referreing football games and duking it out with the boys in the boardroom.
and, at least according to the tv commercials I have seen, have infinitely more brains than their dimwitted husbands.
they be awright.
if i had my cell i’d dial 911 and direct the cops to the attack.
I’m an old-school gentleman.
If a woman is in danger, I come to her aid.
And yes, it can be dangerous. And it can be unappreciated.
But I view it as a requirement of being a man.
If you attempt to intervene in a hostile situation, always have a gun at hand and be ready to fire it. In the case of the sexual assault, the rapists should have been immediately shot. In the first case, the man getting out of the car in perfect synchronization with the comment should have been immediately perceived as a threat, to which he should draw his gun; if the man continues to advance towards the gun holder or makes sudden movements, he should be shot. An additional precaution should be to wear as much body armor as you can (good general advice to anyone, even if you live in an allegedly “safe” area).
Defending others is a good general principle to practice (and if you can intervene without danger to yourself, you have a moral obligation to), but I would not extend it to people who can be identified as Leftists with 100% certainty. If I don’t think I could get a person to renounce their liberalism by helping them, I would not personally help them.
I hold doors open for the disabled, as well as people holding lots of groceries (unless they are confirmed liberals). If you are able to open the door yourself, you can do so yourself; holding the door for the able-bodied encourages the entitlement mentality.
“And what if the woman doesn’t even appreciate a man coming to her defense?”
Based on my personal experiences, American women (with rare exceptions) RESNT men defending them in a physical confrontation. No joke.
How Obama of you.
My son saw that one of his classmates were being physically harassed by a kid in his gym class. He tried to tell his teacher but this other student was the coach’s son and the bullying never stopped. I told him then he had 2 choices: keep his head down and not get involved or he could stand up for his classmate. He was warned though, there would be consequences either way but that he was free to make this choice himself. One week later I was called in to bring my son home from school early. He had been expelled because he knocked the coach’s son down and there was blood. I asked him later if he thought it was worth getting kicked out of school. He said it was because now that bully would never grow up to be a predator.
I managed to bother him enough that he let her go and started chasing me, screaming "I'm going to kill you!" I had hoped I could get him to chase me, since I was almost certain I could outrun him. I just wanted to give the woman enough time to get away.
Sure enough, I left him far behind. Thirty minutes later I went back to the parking lot to see if I could locate something I had dropped in the excitement. A young guy recognized me, and told me what had happened after I left. The woman got in a car, and when the man reappeared in the parking lot, she almost ran him over as she drove off.
A good outcome, I thought. The woman was intact, I was intact, and even the maniac was intact. I had fulfilled the obligations of chivalry without getting anyone hurt.
I'm not at all sure that given the opportunity (and the ability) I would do it again. Chivalry makes serious demands on men, but these days it is too obvious that there are no comparable demands made on women. The modern version of chivalry seems to be this: Men are supposed to defend women with their lives because that's better for women, and that's all that counts.
Today I listened to two young women at a nearby restaurant table engage in loud male bashing. Male bashing is now commonplace -- it's normal American female behavior. Why on earth would I risk my life to defend women who think I'm their inferior?
As for door-holding, I will hold the door for anyone. Over the years only a couple of feminists have been vocal about being offended. I'm glad I offended them.
Any anyone who wants to lecture me about how women are "weak and defenseless" and can't help should read this first.
I learned that lesson too. I was in Dc for about a month and I gave up my seat for a woman who made a snide remark, remained standing and some shifty kid with droopy pants slid into it. After a few more similar incidents and even having someone grab the door from my hands as I was holding it open, I just gave up. Now I just let the door hit them in the face and try to take up two seats on the train. Theo only exception I make is for mothers with little ones. Everyone else gets the gate.
I find the lack of masculinity here disturbing.
It is sad that the womyn you refer to do also. They may think they are bulletproof at 25, but when they turn 50 who will have their back?
I dated a young lady that used to try and hold the door open for me. We went on two dates. I still hold the door open for Mrs. Verga and we have been together for 32 years. God will I will still be able to hold the door open for her and other ladies till my dying day.
That is not new. At all times men coming to the defense of a woman risked their life and limb doing so. The difference is that normally, that was the risk men took as a component of their honor, and now they don't.
what if the woman doesn’t even appreciate a man coming to her defense?
If the danger was real, e.g. robbery or rape, then she will appreciate, and besides, the reward for chivalry is honor, not appreciation from women.
many young women resent even having doors opened for them
Men should teach women. That is a part of chivalry too. If women are growing up rude that is because someone was supposed to teach her manners and did not.