"Ladies first"still relevant or hopelessly outdated

Hi Muriel,
I try my best to slam the door on a lady's face like I do with a man, but I can't
I can't help holding the door for a lady who is at 20 steps behind and I often regret as that lady often doesn't even says thanks nor even provides a single smile (I can understand that ladies don't want to let people think they encourage men to start a conversation due to nowaday's lack of respect)... on the other hand, a lady with a veil gave me a smile and showed me beautiful smiling eyes tho' they looked sad before (she had really beautiful eyes).

Ladies first

I’m not aware that the expression ‘Ladies first’ is not « relevant » or « hopelessly outdated ». The age of chivalry/gallantry is definitely dead, but there is still, in our modern society, a rule called ‘courtesy’, no matter whether facing a woman or a man.

Today, overrespectfulness’ towards a woman shown conspiciously by a man is a form of hypocrisy, not to say contempt or machismo (male chauvinism).

Conversely, a lady will show absolute disrespect by wearing a veil in public.

Philippe-Henri

Certain people who believe that a social man-woman relationship should be less boring than a man-man or a woman-woman relationship are a victim of the concept of feudal chivalry. A sort of flirtation, « courtly love » (amour courtois) as celebrated hypocritically by Middle-Age troubadours.

In our modern society of equal rights before the law, courtesy means a sense of polite citizenship (civisme), independent of sexuality. For me, as a man, there is no reason whatsoever to show more civil or less condescending towards a woman than to a man.

By the way, I hold the door open for any person, whether a man or a woman, walking just behind me, saying « you first »

Philippe-Henri