fyeahenglishmajorarmadillo: [Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ Friends say they wish men were still chivalrous[] ” Bottom text: “ [Facepalm and try to explain why chivalry was terrible for women] ”] Well, yes and no.  You’re correct in a performative sense, which assumes women “need” men to be chivalrous, thus recapitulating gender scrips on the basis of sex.  On the other hand, there is no meaning in the thought “men (sex not gender) should be chivalrous and women (sex not gender) subservient”.  A woman can be chivalrous just as much as a man when we pull apart the useless notion masculinity is synonymous with male as femininity is synonymous with female.  I see no issue with chivalry from that perspective.  If I want to hold to the door for people, I do, and I generally do just that.  I am, however, more apt to do such niceties for someone I feel a bond and attraction towards.  Just part of who I am as a person, not as a man.  If she doesn’t like it, that’s her problem.  I’m doing it because I enjoy it, not because she’s a she.  And I feel this is just as relevant in LGTB situations.  I also should probably state I’m androgynous, the mid-point between masculine and feminine.
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[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ Friends say they wish men were still chivalrous[] ” Bottom text: “ [Facepalm and try to explain why chivalry was terrible for women] ”]

Well, yes and no.  You’re correct in a performative sense, which assumes women “need” men to be chivalrous, thus recapitulating gender scrips on the basis of sex.  On the other hand, there is no meaning in the thought “men (sex not gender) should be chivalrous and women (sex not gender) subservient”.  A woman can be chivalrous just as much as a man when we pull apart the useless notion masculinity is synonymous with male as femininity is synonymous with female.  I see no issue with chivalry from that perspective.  If I want to hold to the door for people, I do, and I generally do just that.  I am, however, more apt to do such niceties for someone I feel a bond and attraction towards.  Just part of who I am as a person, not as a man.  If she doesn’t like it, that’s her problem.  I’m doing it because I enjoy it, not because she’s a she.  And I feel this is just as relevant in LGTB situations.  I also should probably state I’m androgynous, the mid-point between masculine and feminine.

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    I’m starting to question my major.
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    THIS.
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    make a meme for history majors...feminists, because this could work
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    All the time.
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    Here, I recommend you pick up The Song of Roland and enlighten yourself on what chivalry really was.
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    oh yeah? can you explain it to me?~
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    Not really the correct use...English Major Armadillo? But this.
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    Every time.
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