DavenJuan said:
QUESTION.....is the "intent" behind your actions as important as the perception behind it??
If you place perception above intent, then you've shot yourself in the foot because what people think of you takes precedence over what you feel like doing naturally. Ironically enough, your concern for reactions affects the very reactions you are getting and the whole thing becomes a tangled catch-22.
i hold doors open for friends/women/elderly etc.
however when i do this for women, even women i dont know, their perception behind my actual courteous intent may be misleading sometimes, sometimes i find myself PURPOSELY not doing theses things sometimes.
I know what you mean. Some chicks instantly think you have an agenda, but so what? You should be doing this because it feels good to help others in simple ways, not because you are trying to score brownie points.
Besides, when your intent is pure and comes from a place of strength and security, only a truly paranoid or emotionally scarred person would treat you with apprehension to begin with.
In essence how you behave and the
reasons behind that behavior act as filters for the people who cross your path. A good woman appreciates a good man. If she can't accept genuine chivalry, then she has real problems with power and control that you would be better off without!
LoneSilver said:
I am beginning to worry. Lately many 30's something women have been holding the door open for me actually even waiting for me to get there to let me walk in first.
Whats that you say? People treating each other with courtesy and respect regardless of gender??
What is the world coming to?