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Re: opening doors

Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 202.27.177.172
Date: Monday, October 8, 2001, at 19:01:09
In Reply To: Re: Disney, "he," and Femi-nazis posted by Cynthia on Monday, October 8, 2001, at 15:50:06:

> I've always thought that the one who got there first or the one who isn't carrying an armload of stuff should be the door-holder. Gender seems so irrelevant in the matter.

This is what I think, too. It's common politeness. However, a guy holding a door for a girl, when having your arms full and/or getting there first *don't* come into the equation, is a step beyond common politeness, with the extra hint of meaning which I suppose you could call chivalry.

Brunnen-"in the romantic sense, not the heraldic one"G

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