Chivalry

There have been letters and articles in the press about Chivalry and Benevolent Sexism. I think this is just another name for good manners and politeness.
I took it for granted that a boyfriend would walk on the outside of the pavement, would open the door for me and let me on the bus first and help me off the bus. I accepted these displays of good manners gracefully. These were occasions when I didn't mind being the weaker sex. Oh dear, was I letting the side down? Nobody told me. (I could hold my own in other directions if I chose.)
My husband, Don, stood back to allow a female colleague to enter the lift first. She said to him "We don't want any of that nonsense. You don't have to step aside because I am a lady." To which he replied "I don't. I do it because I am a gentleman."