Is chivalry dead?

One of the most provocative and superb writers I have encountered in the blogosphere is Chateau Heartiste. Here are some of his thoughts on chivalry:

As CH has said before, chivalry (or gentlemanliness) only works when it is accompanied by a cultural expectation of female deference to men. Since we are far FAR from the social conditions in the West where women are deferential to men (the opposite is more true), chivalry as a concept and a practice becomes a joke, akin to asking men to anoint the feet of haughty, entitled women in exchange for the masochistic delight of cultural contempt.

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