Also, when it comes to chivalry — let's define it as Webster's does, which is "behaving in an honorable or polite way, especially toward women" — I'll be the first to admit that it's on the verge of death. The feminist sisterhood, bless their hearts, struck the initial blows. Today, institutions ranging from grammar schools to the U.S. military seem hellbent on telling the world, and themselves, that men and women are nearly the same, with the latter being just a bit more oppressed.