Do you ever offer your seat to women for no reason?

I agree 89897 except the bit about having their own bank account, pure madness all the money will be wasted on impulse buys from the likes of boohoo.com.

As other posters have said, I'd only offer my seat to an elderly or pregnant woman.

I still hold the door for women, but most don't even acknowledge it anyway, it's as if it's expected, where as if I hold the door for another man they'd always say thanks.

Except its not a joke for alot of people

Comparing any random thing to Hitler isn't funny, or offensive, just boring imho

Sure. Was there any reason to offer her the seat except the fact that she is a woman and you're a man? Like, was she old or struggling to walk or something? Or was she just a healthy looking young woman?

Why not?

Just seeing if you gave her the seat because she was a woman or because she needed it.

It was probably unquestionably good manners when you were young. It's not really a matter of manners now because equality is valued more than it used to be. Things change. It's more a way to virtue signal old school values, than manners nowadays.

Ohhhkay, you’re definitely overthinking the whole thing then in that case. Don’t get me wrong I do see where you’re coming from, you’re more concerned about signalling virtues you value like equality and so on.

I’m just… well, not. It’s good manners at any time and it’s something I instilled in my own son as he was growing up and all. It wasn’t an accident that he developed good manners.

And what does “treating people equally” mean in that situation? Bit convenient if it means you keep the seat like you got there first! 😁

I can appreciate it’s a different mindset than your own, so it’s difficult to explain the concept of behaving in a civilised manner when you have a different idea of what it means to behave in a civilised manner.

The logic is simply that it’s not a big deal to be considerate of others. Your idea of being considerate of others is that you’ll keep your seat.

It’s a foreign concept to me I have to be honest, because in my experience at least, the idea of treating men and women differently doesn’t equate to not regarding people as being of equal status, or what I think you’re driving at - the idea that I would have negative attitudes towards women if I didn’t treat them as you do.

I won’t lie, your approach still strikes me as rather convenient from your perspective 😂

Why are you using the slang word for male genitalia to abuse not nice people? Why not say geebag?

Does this hypothetical woman need the seat more than he does? If not then what you are suggesting is completely sexist and suggesting that women are inferior to men.

Well, I'd say it is, but I don't know how to behave in a civilised manner. Or so I'm told.

Why are you asking questions you already know the answer to?

I could articulate it if I wanted to, but like I actually said - it’s difficult to explain the concept of behaving in a civilised manner when you have a different idea of what it means to behave in a civilised manner.

I don’t need to articulate it when you’ve indicated that you already consider the idea old fashioned. You must have considered it’s value in order to come to that conclusion.

I’m certain I can’t articulate it to someone who doesn’t understand the concept that everyone being of equal status does not mean that all people should be treated as though they are the same. We’re clearly not, and I don’t need to carry out an individual assessment every time for something as trivial as giving up a seat where it’s just a common courtesy, and people who share the same values I do understand that much without having it explained to them.