Only A True Gentleman Knows What Is Wrong!

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A picture has been circulating, telling you that only a true gentleman knows what is wrong with the picture.

Take a look at the picture, and see if you truly know what is wrong with it, and why common sense works better…

 

Only A True Gentleman Knows What Is Wrong!

The original poster of this Facebook post, one Chris Gramps Reise, cleverly adds that he would delete all explanations, and asks that everyone just Like and Share his post.

As a result, tens of thousands liked and shared the post without commenting. There was no way to know if they actually know “what is wrong with this picture”.

Because of his blanket deletion of any explanation, many people shared this post to show that they are a “true gentleman” too, without actually demonstrating that they knew what was wrong with the picture.

Only A True Gentleman Knows

Frankly speaking, this is a stupid post… and sharing it (without explaining what you think is wrong with this picture) does NOT prove that you are a true gentleman.

It only shows that you have a need for public approval, and are gullible enough to blindly follow Chris Gramps Reise’s instructions not to explain what you think is wrong with this picture.

 

Only A True Gentleman Knows What Is Wrong : Why It’s Stupid

Reason #1 : The Picture Lacks Context

Everyone ASSUMES the guy is somehow related to the girl, when there is NOTHING in the picture that would confirm such a thing.

A picture is a snapshot in time. A freeze frame of a moment. We don’t know what happened before or after this split second. For all we know, the guy and the girl may be completely unrelated.

Only A True Gentleman Knows What Is Wrong

Sure, they could hypothetically know each other. Perhaps they were even walking together. But the point is we cannot know all that from a picture, can we?

Yet, this bloke is being singled out by the Internet as an example of a unchivalrous person.

Talk about someone being innocent until proven guilty. Apparently, for many people, a picture is all it takes to determine whether one’s a gentleman or not.

Reason #2 : The Lady May Actually Be Overtaking The Man!

In fact, the real situation may turn out to be the lady was just “overtaking” a stranger strolling along the same walkway.

If you look closely, you will see that the guy appears to be looking down, while the lady is looking straight ahead. More importantly, she appears to be walking slightly ahead of him.

Only A True Gentleman Knows What Is Wrong!

If that is the case, then is there anything wrong with this picture?

In fact, in right-hand drive countries, it is considered good manners to walk (or stand on an escalator) on your left, so that other people can overtake you on the right.

 

What Should A True Gentleman Have Done?

In case you actually have no idea what “a true gentleman” would do differently if he was walking with a lady on a street like that, let us clue you in…

No, he did not have to hold her hand… or even her bag. 😉

No, it has nothing to do with taking his hands out of his pockets. 😀

All he had to do was walk on her right side, instead of her left side.

Why? Because a gentleman is expected to walk next to the curb to “protect” a lady from potential “unpleasantness” like splashes from water puddles on the road, a drunk driver barreling down the road, or a snatch thief looking to grab a lady’s bag.

Naturally, if the curb is on the left, then he should be walking to her left. The point is to let the ladies walk on the “protected side” – away from the curb and all the dangers it entails.

 

The Origin Of This Code Of Conduct

This harkens to the “good old days” of dirt roads and carriages pulled by horses that poop on the same roads. A gentleman was expected to protect his lady from being splashed with mud and other natural accoutrements of these dirt roads in the “good old days”.

The same “good old days” when ladies were expected to stay at home and keep it spic and span, and “entertain” the husband when he comes home and bear his children.

Yes, being “a true gentleman” in the “good old days” involves what a modern woman would today consider “being a real sexist prick”.

Is there any wonder why this code of conduct is also said to help “a true gentleman” to “protect” his lady from the lecherous glances of other men? Heh… 😉

 

Modern Chivalry : The Real Gentleman Today

Chivalry in modern times should no longer be about sex or dominance, but about who’s stronger and who’s weaker. The stronger should walk close to the curb, to protect the weak.

Hence, you can have women walking on the curb side if they are with children, or an elderly or handicapped person, who should be on the protected side of the walkway.

Or you can have an elderly lady walking on the curb side with a young pregnant lady, or a young mother with a pram on the protected side.

Heck, it wouldn’t even be ungentlemanly for a young father carrying a child to be on the protected side, with his wife on the curb side, because the child comes first. Neither is it considered too feminist if a lady walks on the curb side with her elderly father on the protected side…

Modern chivalry is, in other words, based on common sense… and not on an archaic idea of which sex is stronger, and which is weaker.

 

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