hmm... sorry, i may have gone a bit off topic before...I apologise to you all..

relationships between people should be equal, with equal respect given to each of us for we are innately worthy of this, comming from the same place and ending in the same place and paying the same taxes...
however, all around us everyday there are imbalances of power,
from the boss employee power imbalance
to that of the father and child
to that of the customer/provider

does men opening doors for women reflect their belief in their own innate more-powerful than the other...
is it so they can perve on the womans butt...?
Do they think that it will get them laid?
Is it a conversation started/ice breaker?

I open doors for males and females... some people accept the gesture as one of, "I got to the door first adn would feel bad if it banged into you as it swang shut"... others do not accept the gesture...
I do not accept it from people i dislike or by those whom i feel threatened...then they are behind me I suppose... (better to have them in your sight?)

but also could it come back to that age old human thing of reciprocity?
if i open and hold that door for you, if i pick up the book you dropped, might you feel obliged to repay me in some form? thus by accepting the opening of the door you are agreeing to being locked into the reciprocation agreement, a contract of sorts?
Just an idea....

again, I apologise for placing my earlier statements here...
Ill keep them to other threads