No, no, I wasn't speaking to all the men in this thread, I'm sorry, my darling son was biting my ankles (quite literally, ow) as I was typing that out...

What I was more addressing is this feeling that feminists (of which I am one, and proud of it) are man-hating, politeness-lacking bigots of some sort- which some of the posts were tending towards, and pointing out that that as kilt-wearing men, I was surprised that one or two couldn't recognize sexism when they saw it.

Not you, and not really anyone in particular, actually, I just I guess wanted to present another point of view to the "women hate chivalry," which is misleading- we love romantic and polite men. It's the chauvinists and players we're generally not too fond of- who often hide behind the letter of sensitivity, but not the spirit!