You need to tell that to the ladies where I’m from. They just didn’t get that whole song and dance.
I would do that for them, and they’d insist that they should stand up, and they didn’t need a man to help them.
“I remember seeing in older movies that when a lady walked into a room full of men, the men stood up as a gesture of respect. I sertainly have never witnessed that in person, I’m 48.”
I’ve always done this. Maybe not a roomfull, but surely some men have done this for you?