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"This morning, I was walking my dog when a sexy man wearing a fedora tipped his hat to me. For a minute there, I would&amp;amp;#8217;ve drank his bathwater if he&amp;#x27;d let me. Call me old-fashioned, I&amp;amp;#8217;m a sucker for a little chivalry.Yeah, I know. Sir Lancelot may be overdoing it just a smidge. Yesterday, a self-professed &amp;amp;#8220;feminist&amp;amp;#8221; wrote a column for The New York Times Complaint Box saying this about chivalry: &amp;amp;#8220;I feel patronized when men step aside for me or pull out my chair, as though I am too delicate to make it through my day without their assistance.&amp;amp;#8221; Well, that&amp;amp;#8217;s one way to look at it, but I don&amp;amp;#8217;t agree with the polarizing inference that women can either be treated as equals OR have a man act like a &amp;amp;#8220;gentleman&amp;amp;#8221; in their presence. I mean, what&amp;#x27;s exactly wrong with a girl getting a little door action now and again? This is how I see it: I like my role as a woman. I love that I am the one who will get to wear the wedding dress one day and give birth to our (fill in man here) child. My husband doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t get that honor. He gets the honor of being Dad (mowing the lawn shirtless will be in our prenup) and doing sexy man things. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t get me wrong. He can do the laundry if he wants, and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll mow the lawn (with a shirt) but, for me, with baby bearing and monthly periods should come with a bit of chivalry. Just to be clear, I always hold the door for the other person if I get there first. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s about being thoughtful. But pulling out chairs and offering jackets when the person is chilly? That&amp;amp;#8217;s man stuff. Alright, let&amp;#x27;s hear it! Is chivalry dead? Would you like it to be? Am I stuck in the Dark Ages with Sir Lancelot up there? More on what (some) women want: * DO or DON&amp;#x27;T: Red Roses For Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day * Would You Rather: Date a Rich Workaholic or A Poor Guy With Lots of Time For You? * &amp;quot;Hey Butter Tits,&amp;quot; and Other Horrifying Ways Men Have Tried to Seduce Us Online Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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