Time to replace chivalry with respect for all

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'Chivalry isn’t dead quite yet. And frankly, the fast track to disappearing is better for everyone, men and women alike.
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The problem lies in the idea that women are special: the age-old concept that we are “the fairer sex.” Some may suggest that the 21st century needs more gentlemen and that today’s culture does not respect women, but today women are more equal to men than ever before in history.

The Federal Department of Education reported statistics in a 2006 New York Times article by Tamar Lewin showing that men are less likely than women to earn a bachelor’s degree regardless of their socioeconomic status. According to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, women were the majority of workers in the financial industry, education and health services, as of 2010. In 2009, 29 percent of married women earned more than their husbands, compared with 18 percent in 1987. The ways of the world are changing.

On a 21st century date, men are expected to pay for dinner and watch their language in a woman’s presence. Today, most people expect this routine and consider it normal; it is something that men do to be polite. But if two men go out for a friendly dinner together, should one offer to pay for both dinners to be polite? In the past, men did not pay for women out of politeness. Men paid for dinner because they were the only ones with money in the relationship. But that is not always the case in today’s dating world.'