Blogpost 2: Is chivalry really dead?

Long ago was the time when Chivalry was a code of knights in order to create a safe environment for everyone. We no longer live in that time, and the change has been great. From order to attitude. We now know chivalry as gentlemanly acts (like opening and holding a door, offering a seat--usually towards women) that is said to be dying.

Is chivalry dead? Did feminism kill it? According to the article Chivalry is Dead? Ha! It’s Alive and Needed Now More Than Ever. by Eduardo Garcia from the site The Good Men Project, people are saying that chivalrous acts are seen less and less, and they blame feminism for it. This is because the gentlemen are being accused of being a chauvinist (a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism) or a misogynist (a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women) by some feminists. These accusations are based from their arguments stating that chivalry itself is an act of sexism due to it degrading women by helping them, implying that they are the weaker sex.

Eduardo said, “Should a man fear being a male chauvinist if he had the audacity to open a door for a lady? Is a man who offers his seat on a bus proving he is a misogynist pig? Have the ideals of gender equality trumped traditional civility?” This shouldn't be the case. Although some feminists see chivalry as an act of sexism itself, there are still people who appreciate it.

I read another article entitled, Chivalry isn't dead. It just looks different. by Jon Negroni from his website. According to this, people might be talking about the death of chivalry from the medieval times. They say chivalry is dead because some men are unwilling to do chivalrous acts, but these are still seen these days. It might be that it is just not as often as disrespect.

According to Jon, "I see chivalry everywhere. Not as much as I see disrespect, sadly. But I still see it when men ask a girl on a date face to face instead of texting her. I see it when someone opens a door for someone else, regardless of gender. And I see it when men don’t rush intimacy out of respect for the other person and themselves." Having read these two articles, we can conclude that people are talking about the death of chivalry from the medieval ages, and that chivalry may have evolved with the modern days. It is still there just not always in the same form. With this we can't really say that chivalry is dead... yet.