Funny how many people seem opposed to it but never in my life has anyone ever turned down a seat I've offered, or insisted that I do indeed go first if I wave someone ahead.
I know this isn't a great example, this is sweets, there's no real negative implication to going last in a sweet selection but it's a "lesson" that MIL assumes ds is capable of extrapolating to other circumstances, although if adults can't understand it as a concept (wtf there's no lady there
) maybe she's asking quite alot.
We read frequently about the real physical differences between men and women, about how we're built differently, our superior strength and fitness and the general physical inability of women in comparison to men so it's interesting that on a flip side we shouldn't try and accommodate those central facts in any way.
My priorities wrt who I allow ahead:
The elderly and infirm woman
The elderly and infirm man
The Pregnant
The Small children
The Women
The Anyone else
I never take a seat in case anyone else wants it generally, man or woman, but until someone tells me otherwise IRL then I'll stick to my outdated ways, people with manners, even some outdated ones, have been making my world a nicer place to live since forever