My interpretation of the GP&#x27;s comment was that he believes the man in the article was simply treating the author with the same common courtesy he treats all women with. My parents&#x27; generation used to call this &quot;being a gentleman&quot;.<p>Speaking of my parents, my mother brought me up to always be a gentleman around ladies, which included things like not using bad language. This was quickly drilled out of me when I entered the real world.<p>Dave Chappelle has an amusing stand-up routine about this subject called &quot;Chivalry is dead, and women killed it&quot;