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In reply to the discussion: i hold doors open for everyone [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)2. If I get to a door before someone else coming behind me,
I open it and hold it for them. I'm a female. If someone holds the door for me, I thank them. I don't see why this is an issue for anyone. Haven't we got better things to argue about?
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The issue is benevolent sexism, and how it ties into rape culture. Not doors and who opens them.
redqueen
Mar 2013
#9
one way to get people to take rape more seriously is to not pretend that everything is about rape.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#34
Or to quote Zen Master Rumsfeld, there are known knowns and unknown knowns
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#96
except it was in this study about boobs, a thread for men to play in. this OP brought up benevolent
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#81
I don't think you really need anyone, for you to make feminist issues look silly
Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
#78
I am a woman who holds doors open for women and men. I think it's just a njce gesture!
Walk away
Mar 2013
#8
This whole door opening on DU lately comes across as nothing more than the discussions of old when
RC
Mar 2013
#11
If someone is right behind me I'll hold the door long enough for them to hold it
lunatica
Mar 2013
#26
I know that I feel a little weird when a guy holds the door for me and lets me walk through first.
ZOB
Mar 2013
#49
Women, the elderly, and wheel chair bound, and people with other infirmities.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2013
#33
(Woman) If it's in my space to open the door, I open it for any or all to go through...
Tikki
Mar 2013
#36
I voted "(Men) I hold the door open for everyone coming from a relatively close distance," but
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#45
okay I voted that I find men opening the door a simple courtesy but I have to ask
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#74
Why in the hell didn't you include the option for women to hold the door open for everyone?
MotherPetrie
Mar 2013
#79
Because holding doors open is so tortuously chivalrous it wouldn't even OCCUR to a woman!
PassingFair
Mar 2013
#83
i actually apologized to an older man the other day who chivalrously went to hold the door for me.
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#84
Since I am 'mobility impaired', I find someone, man or woman, holding a door open for me
PDJane
Mar 2013
#101
I've been known to want a door to hit someone in the ass on the way out.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#103