So there I was, on a packed bus. I believe I was the youngest member on the bus, and I was standing due to the bus being so full.
What disgusted me, was there were also four women standing, and at least ten men seated around them. Such has our world changed that chivalry is dead? It seems so. I'm one of the few people left who try and uphold the great code of honor, but half the time I try to be chivalrous, I get called a chauvinistic pig instead.
What has called chivalry to die? If anything, I think it's that our world has become full of selfish people. People who do not care enough about the stranger next to them, people who do not care about anything outside their own little world. Our world has become that of a Solo Survival, a world where, as long as you are happy, no one else should matter. It saddens me to see the nature of the people older than me, the people who my generation have to look up to. It's more than obvious from the terrible binge drinking and drug abusive culture that something isn't quite right.
Chivalry, thou art mine friend.
I think the feminist movement has a lot to do with the lack of chivalry. Women fought for their rights, for the right to make their own decisions and to be independant. I know a lot of women that worn feel insulted if a man stood up for them on a bus- to relate to your experience- simply because they feel they are completely equal, and need no special treatment.
ReplyDeleteHowever, speaking as a relatively young member of society in regard to everyone else, I believe in respecting my elders, even though I'm a young adult myself. I always vacate my seat on public transport for older passangers if there are no other spaces, and for pregnant women no matter what age.
Personally, I think chivalry is dead, but it is indeed a shame.
Yeah but chivalry was never about one gender being above the other. It's about respecting a woman for who she is and what she represents.
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