I don't know, I'm a bit of a radical, at the same time I'm an old-fashioned soul. I do believe in equality, but I also believe that men should have the right to show their gentlemanly side. Some women do get offended when men try to show their chivalrous side; they point out how sexist it is.
Please. Some women try to live up so much to the equality issue that they forget how women were treated more than equals in the past. They now misinterpret a gentleman's gestures as undermining their equalness instead of thinking that it's a simple gesture of thoughtfulness. This is a world of irony- we sigh how chivalry is dying among men, and then scream sexist, chauvinist pig at the poor guy who opens the door for us.
Maybe I'm just a tragic traditionalist caught in a radical's mindset, but hey, given the fact that women have started to dominate the workplace, women technically run the economy because they're the major decisionmakers of the household, the guys are beginning to appreciate personal grooming and their are also house-bound daddies. Give the guys a break.