Ladies and Gentlemen...

No, this is not a saliva song. I was having a discussion about "equality" with (what I believe may be) a lady from a forum I frequent. During some of my ramblings, I came across a thought that I think is blogworthy.

I've heard it said many times that there are no nice guys left, no gentlemen. Perhaps they are extinct. Perhaps ladies and gentlemen have a symbiotic relationship of sorts. Perhaps with the death of the lady, so too dies the gentleman. He is no longer needed, no longer appreciated, no longer cared for. He is dubbed old-fashioned or a religious fanatic, or perhaps a chauvinist pig, then discarded by the empowered and independant woman. She no longer needs protection. She no longer needs her honor defended. She no longer needs honor; she has her career, her pride and her live-in boyfriend of 6 years who can't seem to keep a job.

But again, my theory is a symbiotic relationship. Who knows who began disappearing first? It could just as easily have been the decline of the gentlemen that led to the spiraling numbers of ladies. Maybe they drank one too many beers, made one too many rude jokes in mixed company or opened one too few doors. Perhaps they didn't let their daughters spend enough time with their grandmothers or perhaps they didn't spend enough time with their sons.

I'm not sure who compromised first, but I'm putting my money on the ladies... sometime in the 1920's. And the hippies from the 60's and 70's likely put the nail in the coffin.

Perhaps there are a few survivors, a lady here, a gentleman there, spread out in remote parts of the world. But they won't last long. They are dying. I hope someone other than me misses them.

"If it weren't for women who are ladies there would be no reason for men to be gentlemen" - Me.