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I'm not ok with this
Feb. 21st, 2010 12:10 pmAn Arizona Latin teacher is teaching his male students chivalry.
"I teach old-fashioned subjects," Ivanyi told AOL News, "so I don't think I'm doing anyone a disservice by promoting old-fashioned traditions."
Except he is. Even if it is "polite," he's teaching young men that they need to treat women differently.
Please, thank you, and general respectfulness is one thing, but I don't need any man to hold a door for me, pull out my chair, or stand up when I leave the room. They wouldn't do those things for another man, why should they do them for me?
What Mr. Ivanyi is doing is creating an environment where women are not considered equals. They are somehow different, and that is not ok.
I'm not feeling so hot this morning, so I'm probably not expressing my thoughts on this as well as I could be.
"I teach old-fashioned subjects," Ivanyi told AOL News, "so I don't think I'm doing anyone a disservice by promoting old-fashioned traditions."
Except he is. Even if it is "polite," he's teaching young men that they need to treat women differently.
Please, thank you, and general respectfulness is one thing, but I don't need any man to hold a door for me, pull out my chair, or stand up when I leave the room. They wouldn't do those things for another man, why should they do them for me?
What Mr. Ivanyi is doing is creating an environment where women are not considered equals. They are somehow different, and that is not ok.
I'm not feeling so hot this morning, so I'm probably not expressing my thoughts on this as well as I could be.
