It is among the most predictable lines. When a man opens a door for a woman in public, some nostalgic onlooker has to chime in, “I guess chivalry isn’t dead.” That’s what most people understand chivalry to be: a series of gestures, which may or may not have romantic undertones, amounting to something like good manners, courtesy, gentlemanliness. And it is almost only spoken of in regards to its proverbial death. This is how I understood chivalry for most of my life.
The Necessity of Prowess
The Necessity of Prowess
The Necessity of Prowess
It is among the most predictable lines. When a man opens a door for a woman in public, some nostalgic onlooker has to chime in, “I guess chivalry isn’t dead.” That’s what most people understand chivalry to be: a series of gestures, which may or may not have romantic undertones, amounting to something like good manners, courtesy, gentlemanliness. And it is almost only spoken of in regards to its proverbial death. This is how I understood chivalry for most of my life.