untiltheseashallfreethem replied to your link:UV :…
Datapoint: I like when people hold doors for me, but I’m super territorial about my possessions, so I feel like my space has been very invaded when people try to carry bags for me. I also have a sort of self-reliance thing about carrying my bags.
But in general, I think I enjoy chivalrous behaviors? I like it when guys open the car door for me, but it seems like no one does that, other than old professors and neoreactionaries.
I like the rule where the guy walks on the outside of the sidewalk. Ostensibly it’s to protect the girl from being splashed with mud, which is not really a danger in this modern-paving age, and yet it still makes me feel protected for some reason.
Interesting! I also approve of the “guy walks on the outside of the sidewalk” rule, and think guys should perpetually strive to be more like old professors and neoreactionaries ^_^
And I think your first point is interesting, in that feminism is definitely #the aesthetic for me, but self-reliance and strength are also #the aesthetic and sometimes they seem sort of opposed.