I second this opinion. Surveys indicate LW is about 10% women, so its undoubtedly worth changing this sentence to speak to more of the sites population.
It’s advice that only makes sense for straight men, which implies that the text overall is addressed only at straight men instead of at a general audience.
b1shop, you missed my point. I wasn’t responding to the merit of the idea that women come first. I was responding to the sentence “be chivalrous” which suggests the reader is a man since it is the man who is apparently supposed to be chivalrous.
This makes your post sound as if it’s addressed only to men, which IMO is unseemly. Otherwise, nice post.
I second this opinion. Surveys indicate LW is about 10% women, so its undoubtedly worth changing this sentence to speak to more of the sites population.
I would be happy if anyone explains the reasoning for this.
EDIT: I meant the part Squark quoted.
It’s advice that only makes sense for straight men, which implies that the text overall is addressed only at straight men instead of at a general audience.
In my experience, women enjoy the idea of coming first.
b1shop, you missed my point. I wasn’t responding to the merit of the idea that women come first. I was responding to the sentence “be chivalrous” which suggests the reader is a man since it is the man who is apparently supposed to be chivalrous.