Some say that the age of
chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is
never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
Charles
Kingsley
There is one comment on Chivalry
that gets more Social Media time than if it’s sexist, and that is if it’s dead.
We hear it from the social justice warriors complaining that Chivalry enforces
gender distinctions based on sexism, something we spoke about yesterday. Mostly
we hear this countless times every time a guy complain about women and says
that chivalry isn’t worth the effort or from women complaining that men are
assholes. With so many people openly eulogizing Chivalry, could it be that it’s
dead?
Far from it. From what I can tell,
Chivalry doesn’t even have a cold.
But then why is it so rare nowadays?
The truth is, it isn’t rare. It just isn’t
loud. We see it every day in the simple and small acts that men do that so
often goes unnoticed because it’s second nature to them. We see it in the men
who do good anonymously to make this world a little better. We see it in the WWII
Veteran willing to go to jail for feeding the homeless. We see it in the
famous actor
who went back to his old job as a first responder during the 911 events. We
see it in the young
men who made the ultimate sacrifice to save their girlfriends. We see it in
an anonymous "Santa"
who paid off $50,000 worth of lay-aways for people he doesn’t even know.
And it’s not just in the grand gesture.
We see it in simple everyday acts. We see it in another famous actor who offered his seat in the metro.
We see it in the man who bought all the
roses from a street vender with the condition that she gave them away to
everyone she met. We see it in a president
who shares his umbrella under the rain. And just this week, we see it in
the Quarterback willing to help a lady
stay out of the mud.
We have all heard the stories about
men doing good, yet these stories are constantly drowned out by social media
noise. With a medium dominated by loud groups of self-centered individuals
screaming look at how awesome I am and self-righteous individuals screaming
look at how awful he is, what chance does chivalry have to be heard?
None, and that’s a good thing. You
see, chivalry should never be about looking for the spotlight. It should be
about doing what’s right because it’s the right thing to do. And as long as
there are good men in the world, good acts will follow.
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