Quote Originally Posted by rickytikki
the feminism ive encountered is were women want to be treated like men and they dont want guys holding doors for them and shit and its really annoying casue its just us trying to be nice because isnt that how guys are supposed to treat women , chivalrously (sp). so yea when girls act like that it pisses me off, but you might be talking about a different sort of feminism
I hear this a lot from guys, and I can obviously see how frusterating this can be! Most women like chivalry, and most (well maybe not most, but a lot) women are feminists....but not all feminists are against chivalry...I hope that made sense. lol. I personally think chivalry is just an act to show respect for someone, I don't necessarily think it's specifically to please women. I personally try to be 'equal' to men in that respect, by not expecting men to open doors for me, for example. If they want to, that's fine, but I would never expect them to nor would I get offended if they wanted to do that for me.

The category of Radical Feminists (the generally anti-male ones) would most definitely have a problem with chivalry, because they would view it as men insinuating women are weak- therefore adding to their belief that it is specifically men who oppress women. This is the other common misconception: all feminists believe it is ONLY men to blame for their oppression. Not all feminists believe this...there are many, many multi-causal hypotheses pertaining to oppression out there, not just male-centered ones.