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"  A recent survey says the modern women prefers her independence and no longer expects chivalrous behaviour from men. The results from Socked.co.uk says that most women would prefer to pay for their dinner on a first date and wouldn&amp;#039;t accept an offer from a man to carry her bags or take their seat on the tube. Really ladies? Really? Well personally, I couldn&amp;#039;t disagree more.  BAG THAT GUY! Now before you lynch me, I&amp;#039;m not suggesting that we jump back to a time where men paid for everything and women stayed at home dreaming of a new petticoat. And I definitely don&amp;#039;t believe men should still be settling our bar tab while we twiddle our hair round our fingers and laugh at everything they say. I get it \u2013 times are a-changing and not all of us want to date Mr Darcy. But let&amp;#039;s face it, none of us want to date somebody who lets the restaurant door slam us in the face (yup, it&amp;#039;s happened) or who uses their iPhone calculator to divide up every single drink either (that&amp;#039;s happened too), right? Admittedly, the issue of &amp;#039;manners&amp;#039; is a tricky one in the minefield of dating. On one hand, there&amp;#039;s no question that women expect to be treated as equals \u2013 it&amp;#039;s 2013! And now there&amp;#039;s a chance we&amp;#039;re earning just as much as our male counterparts (although as our equal pay campaign proves, we&amp;#039;re not there yet!) and as a result we&amp;#039;re just as financially and emotional independent as your average Tom/Dick/Harry thankyouverymuch. But (and here lies the problem) underneath our tough-girl-we-mean-business banter, we still want to feel ladylike, safe and (dare I say it) special when we&amp;#039;re with a guy. And like it or not, that involves manners.  TIPS ON SPICING UP YOUR SEX LIFE Only 34% of women quizzed said they expected men to open doors for them on a date. And that&amp;#039;s not even particularly chivalrous, just polite surely \u2013 what about offering a coat if it&amp;#039;s freezing outside or helping us with our bags if we&amp;#039;re struggling? Don&amp;#039;t panic guys, we&amp;#039;re not expecting you to stand up every time we enter the room (that could get pretty annoying) but small touches don&amp;#039;t go unnoticed. If we go to a restaurant and you&amp;#039;re wearing a trucker cap, lads? Please take it off (TBH a trucker hat is a deal-breaker anyway). And if there&amp;#039;s a group of us and you&amp;#039;re the first person to get your food? Wait for everybody else before chowing down on your eggs Benedict. Stuff like that still means something to women. In fact, maybe now more than ever. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re constantly surrounded by men who burp, fart and swear like troopers,&amp;quot; explained one colleague. &amp;quot;So \u2013 as depressing as it is \u2013 it actually says a lot when a guy chooses to adapt his behaviour around us, even if it&amp;#039;s just temporary. It says &amp;#039;I care enough about what you think of me to make an effort&amp;#039; and that&amp;#039;s really attractive.&amp;quot;  But a word of warning guys \u2013 it is possible to try too hard. It has to be natural, effortless if you will (we don&amp;#039;t want to see you mentally ticking off items from your Gentleman&amp;#039;s To-Do list as the night progresses). Struggling to cope? Just ask yourself how the ultimate gent, James Bond, would behave. Sure, he&amp;#039;s a bit of a rogue, but he&amp;#039;s unquestionably impeccably mannered at all times and basically the biggest heart-throb that ever lived (just, er, ditch the martini if we&amp;#039;re in the Red Lion during quiz night, yeah?) I promise you boys, it&amp;#039;s the way forward and real manners won&amp;#039;t ever go out of style. 76 HOT NEW SEX FACTS "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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