Show your manners to pregnant ladies

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145. I imagine many people believe that to give up one's seat for someone,

I imagine many people believe that to give up one's seat for someone, that action is then predicated on inequality.

It's not. It''s predicated on manners, it's predicated on benignly assisting those whose need for a thing in a particular situation is greater than ours, regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, and adult or a child we make the small, almost inconsequential sacrifice for.

It's predicated on who we are as a an individual-- one who is ready to help and assist others, or merely one who rationalizes his own convenience over that of others.


That's not having it both ways-- that's simply good manners, respect and tolerance, and putting others before yourself... but I can readily understand why you would perceive it as male-bashing rather than selflessness, it's easier to justify our inaction that way.