Not only dead but mutilated in the process

I’m talking about chivalry here. I take the train and then the Metro to work every day and I see it. Men literally pushing women out of their way for a seat. Now I know that it sucks to stand I have had to do it lots of time but when a pregnant woman is standing on the train something is wrong with you fucking assholes. I am at the back of the car, this pregnant woman gets on (probably about 8 ½ months along) there is nothing but men at the front of the car, like it was a test from the gods. THEY FAILED. A woman half way back in the car got up to offer this woman her seat; and get this shit some guy tried to take her seat. WHAT THE FUCK.

The Metro is no better; this is the place where a woman may be pushed into the Metro car if she is not moving fast enough for some thousand dollar suit wearing jackass who just won’t be inconvenienced the minute that it takes for the next train to come along. And that is not an exaggeration trains run every minute on this line it is the heaviest traveled in the city. Picture this small woman gets on the train in the mob and there is nowhere for her to go so she stops. The man behind her literally pushes her ahead into other people already crammed into the car. She doesn’t say anything just takes it so he pushes her again; she nearly falls into someone’s lap. A different woman turns around to confront this asshole who is now just inside the door as they are closing. This prick proceeds to call these women names and piss off the mostly all female passengers at this end of the car. Now after some choice words by a few of the females closest to him he decides to shut his chauvinistic pathetic little mouth. What was he thinking this woman he was pushing was at least half his size? And there was s sista over there who was about to kick this man’s ass all over.

These are just two incidences. It would take me a lot longer to field out all the despicable things I have seen on the train and Metro. Pushing of old people, hell one guy actually pushed a little girl out of his way with his briefcase. It goes on and gets worse. Why has our society fallen to the state where men have no respect for their fellow person, and most definitely have no respect for the women around them.

In my 4 months of this long ass commute I did however see one shining example of what is all supposed to be about. It was late evening and the train was of course crowded. An old woman got on the train caring a cane and she walks past a few people and this Black guy probably in his late teens to early twenties jumps out of his seat as soon as he sees her and actually helps her into the seat. I felt like going over to him and hugging the shit out of him. That is what it has come to kindness is not so few and far between that I feel the need to reward it in some way. So I gave the blind homeless man who panhandles outside the station all the money in my pockets. It made me feel good and maybe someone saw and did a nice thing of their own. Maybe that is what is happening. Courtesies and nice things are getting swept under the rug; no one sees them so no one feels that anyone else gives a crap.

Chivalry, so maybe it isn’t dead but it is limping a bit now before it gets any worse we all need to do something about it.