[Amber-T]

I think I’m in a small minority on this, but I agree with you. I don’t like it when men make polite gestures like holding open car doors or removing coats – as though I’m some sort of delicate flower or incompetent idiot. I don’t enjoy any kind of ‘politeness’ that’s gender-based or merely proper social form. When men do stuff like that, I say thank you, but I’m really not comfortable with it. I think it may be an age thing. We’re about the same age and were probably influenced by the strong gender egalitarian mores of the ’60s and ’70s. unfortunately for us, those standards have died, and younger people seem to have moved back to empty forms and rituals.

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Name : Amber-T, Gender : F, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, 

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