I have read this thread with great interest. I once heard a story about a situation that occured where an older man held a door open for a younger woman, upon entering the doorway the young woman said to the older man "you don't need to hold the door open for me, I am capable of doing it myself, just because I'm a woman dosen't mean I need help" The older man responded "young lady, I didn't hold the door for you because you are a woman, I held the door because I am a gentleman."

Some women wonder why they get the door shut in their face, why men don't tip their hat, or stand when they approach, or make bodily noises or cuss around them, or don't open car doors for them or, push a chair in for them. It is because our society has eliminated the sexes and made us gender nuteral. I think it is wrong, I think women should be treat with respect and honored as the givers of life and nurterers that they are born as.