Poll: Is treating women in Gentlemanly way Sexist?

[Kal-Adam]

Is it sexist? Yeah. Are you a good guy for doing it? Yes.

 

[lunavixen]

A little bit of chivalry is fine, but overdoing it or being patronising are no-gos for me (I hate being patronised), little stuff gets in the way of actual sexist actions/ideas, the women who fly off the handle at the little things are oversensitive and silly

 

[Phasmal]

Yes, it is sexist. But life is sexist, so I don't really see a problem with it.

Necro-ing is bad and you should feel bad.

LET THIS TOPIC DIEEEEEEE. KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
Be gentlemanly to everyone. Stop whining on threads and you will win at life.

 

[Electrogecko]

Basically, what I've been trying to say this whole time is that a person will treat every single other they meet in a different way depending on what is known about them. Like it or not, a person's sex is one of, if not the first thing you notice about someone when you look at them, and pretending that that bit of information doesn't change anything about the way you treat them is naive.

Oh look, here we have "It has to be true and if you disagree you're naive!" Add that on to the fact you're making an excuse that would at best apply to involuntary action and trying to apply it to conscious reasoning, which invalidates that load of crap anyway.

There are no two people in this world that I treat the same way, and you can claim all you like that you're different, but nobody will believe you, and if they did, they wouldn't respect you for it; they'd think you were incredibly weird.....robotic....frighteningly detached from a wide range of brain functions, for better or for worse.

More conflating of excuses that only apply to the subconscious with the conscious? Fun.

Sorry if this argument is too scientific for you, but humans tend to notice patterns on a day to day basis, and one of the patterns that everybody (except maybe you) picks up on are the subtle differences between men and women.

I think you misunderstood scientific to mean "Because I said so and I have no proof"

Again, you can claim that you don't let these observations affect the way you treat people, but you're only kidding yourself and you're probably in the minority in thinking that doing so is sexist or even offensive in the slightest.

Unproven claim, further sad attempt to excuse conscious behavior with subconscious.

I appreciate all the knowledge that I pick up throughout my days. I don't disregard any of it, or pretend that it's even possible to do so completely if I wanted to.

Yeah, bullshit. Your knowledge is pretty much half biased junk you made up.

Lol. You win the award for the latest reply I've ever encountered....A title that I had held firmly until now. Funny that you should go on to criticize someone for necroing the thread.

It's funny, because when I saw that I had been quoted, my heart sank a bit, and I braced myself for a challenging rebut.....I'm a bit relieved.

Now excuse me while I don't even bother.

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

I hold a door open for a woman and I'm sexist and patronising...

SCREW YOU ***** I'M JUST BEING NICE, IT'S NOT CAUSE YOU'RE FEMALE

God, that's the one thing that REALLY annoys me, when you get called sexist for doing the nice/polite thing, yeah well screw you, next time I'll just slam the door in your face

 

[Orinon]

To me being a gentlemen is just what I do, to me actually being a gentlemen, as in opening a door, offering your coat, just for the sake of being nice, not because your trying to look noble not because you think the girl can;t handle herself etc.etc.then I don't think that should be objected upon. just being nice to someone for the sake of being nice is omething that should happen more often.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Every woman I've held a door open for has seemed to have appreciated it, given they've said "Thank you" and smiled. If I ever come across one who doesn't gives me guff about it I'll backhand her back into the kitchen... wait that came out wrong.