"Do you think its a duty of every man to be polite and show constant courtesy to females, but shun other men?"
No, but men can still have ulterior motives. There are incentives for doing these things.
I tend to do things like open the door for everyone though. It's not a bad thing to insert a little equal treatment into your daily actions. And in return, people I open the door for normally treat me with a relatively equal amount of apathy. If I'm lucky I'll get a nod. A thank you could very well make my day.
Recently on the way out of class I opened the door for a kid and three women. The doors were locked from the outside due to weekend class regulations. Then I realized I forgot something and jogged around to the other end of the building, hoping it was unlocked. It wasn't, but the same kid was there in the hallway inside. I motion to him to open the door. He motions for me to go around and try the back door, the same one he found locked before. I continue to plead. He shrugs and does nothing.
Kids like these are the reason Milgram's went the way it did. No sympathy for a fellow human being in the face of a locked door. Maybe I should adopt a policy of slamming doors rather than opening them.
Originally Posted by Andromeda
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