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Chivalry is courtesy towards women according to dictionary.com. That usually included holding a door for a lady, letting her go first in everything that did not require a man to go first, offering her a seat when no others were availible, and gracefully accepting chivalrous acts. These were things that men were taught when they were boys and girls were taught how to accept these courtesies and that they should expect this. As time has continued on, women have begun to be unthankful for the things men would do for them. Men have stopped acting chivalrous to an extent. You always hear people complain that men think their better than women, but they brought it upon themselves by not accepting such chivalrous acts. I was told that it is the woman's duty as much as the man's to take part in chivalry. It is neither gender's fault in particular that chivalry is dying, but if neither takes action, it will be dead forever.

Expectations for people have faded. Over time, we've come to expect the least from people and are surprised when they do what they are supposed to do. I've seen people ask for rewards for doing what they are told to do, what they are expected to do, but the expectations mean nothing. Mediocre has become exceptional and awful has become average. An example of people's expectations for, say teenagers, are that they do their homework and don't argue with or disobey their parents more than thrice a week. Long ago, if a child didn't meet their parents expectations, they were either thrown out or kept but as a disgrace. I guess we got tired of trying to meet our own expectations for ourselves and the expectations of others for us. We got lazy and decided enough to get by was enough for us. We need to raise our expectations before they lower themselves into nonexistance.