![]() The other 16 rules spoke about valour and respect and fighting honourably and fairness and truth and various other things that nobody gives a damn about today. Interestingly, during the 20th century, the Suffragettes movement actually wanted to do away with the hyper-masculine attitude of chivalrous upper-class men. Or some such shit – I don’t know how King Arthur spake. Period. Basically, translating this to the Olde English of King Arthur’s court, it means: Mine loyal knight! Thou shouldst not picketh random lass up and fuck them at thy owneth fancy just because thoust had a longeth day at war and some fucking wouldst be good to relaxeth with. All it says is “To respect the honour of women”. Chivalry code to respect and honour women code#The Chivalric Code was laid down between 11, as a code of conduct for Christian knights – and of all the 17 commandments in it, only ONE deals with how to behave with women. That’s when things became a little confusing. I thus wanted to figure out what chivalry is actually supposed to be, and entered ‘Chivalric Code’ into the waiting arms of Google. ![]() Or do the whole pull-out-the-chair-stand-up-when-she-hasto- powder-her-nose-open-the-car-door-for- her circus. Now, I’m not sexist at all – in fact, I’m a feminist to the core – but I also don’t believe that a man needs to open the door every single time. Or constantly pay the bill. ![]() ![]() On the other hand, a sexist comment, a “women make bad drivers” joke or even some harmless (and possibly understandable) generalisation makes men incorrigible MCPs within seconds. Women smile at them more, pay more attention to what they are saying and readily agree when these guys ask them for a dance. The ones that open the door and pull out a chair for you and get your drink are the good ones. Some women, even today, rank men on a scale between Chauvinist and Chivalrous. ![]()
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