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Apparently, Penny. A self-described feminist, Penny was insulted by the media\u2019s response. \u201cI really do object to being framed as the ditzy damsel in distress in this story,\u201d she wrote online. \u201cI do not mean any disrespect to Ryan Gosling, who is an excellent actor and, by all accounts, a personable and decent chap. . . . But as a feminist, a writer, and a gentlewoman of fortune, I refuse to be cast in any sort of boring supporting female role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talk about ingrate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is why women claim chivalry is dead. Because they themselves condemn it to death. <\/p>\n

Do not be surprised, dear feminist, when a man pushes you out of his way to save himself from a sinking cruise ship<\/a>. Or stands by useless while you get mugged at gunpoint, which happened to me in college. <\/p>\n

I like the way Emily Stimpson summed it up<\/a>; <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026smart cultures have done more than simply tell boys it\u2019s not okay to hit girls. They\u2019ve also promoted chivalry\u2014specific actions designed to form men in the habit of gentlemanly behavior. The idea is that if you\u2019re schooled since boyhood to use your strength to help and honor women, once you grow up you\u2019ll be less inclined to use that strength to harm or demean them, as well as more inclined to protect them from men whose mamas didn\u2019t raise \u2018em quite so right.\u201d<\/p>\n

So please don\u2019t take it as a personal slight about your physical capabilities next time a door is held open for you or you are shoved from the path of a speeding car. You cannot have it both ways, dear feminists, and complain about the demise of chivalry while scoffing at chivalrous men. Basically, quite crying that you think all men are assholes when you\u2019ve given them permission to treat you that way by demanding to be their equal and sacrificing your femininity. <\/p>\n

Chivalrous men make the world a nicer place \u2013 a safer place too. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"