Moranthology by Caitlin Moran

Author:Caitlin Moran
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Here I can go into a lovely segue—from the politeness of female employment quotas, to the politeness of chivalry—all as smoothly as a local radio presenter going from the sport into travel and weather. And that’s plenty smooth.

As “Downton Fever” (some people watching Downton) swept the nation in 2012, an interview with Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, and—as revealed later in this book—crunks to “No Diggity,” provoked controversy when she lamented the end of chivalry in an interview in the Radio Times.

“Those old manners—such as men standing when women arrive at the dinner table, or opening doors for you—are lovely, and it’s lovely when you see a man doing that today,” she said. “But young men wouldn’t think about that for a second [now], because that’s not the culture anymore.”

This prompted much squabbling over the desirability of a chivalric revival, with many women and men arguing against it, as they believed all chivalry was essentially men patronizing women, and implying they were weak and helpless.

I strongly disagreed—primarily on the basis that I like sitting down.

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