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Edwin's avatar

"In an essay defending chivalry some years back, Emily Esfahani Smith tells the story of Samuel Proctor, the pastor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church decades ago, who apparently offended a young woman when he politely doffed his cap as she entered the elevator car he was riding. “What is that supposed to mean?” she demanded."

The good pastor said respectfully: “Madame, by tipping my hat I was telling you several things. That I would not harm you in any way. That if someone came into this elevator and threatened you, I would defend you. That if you fell ill, I would tend to you and if necessary carry you to safety. I was telling you that even though I am a man and physically stronger than you, I will treat you with both respect and solicitude. But frankly, Madame, it would have taken too much time to tell you all of that; so, instead, I just tipped my hat.”

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

RaytheSource-one might consider how a gradual use of endocrine disruptors (read 'most plastics and a ton of other compounds we use daily like shampoo bottles, pjs with fire retardants, baby bottles) has been playing us in concert with the depop agenda...and the move for sexual freedom which is a century old really....as an old lesbo near 60, i do finally see it, that girls are less girly and boys, less boy-ey...or however you would say it. Dunno what to say but I think more than one thing is going on, and part of it is chemically induced. Like, would we know? Sadly hilarious in a way. best from OR

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