Chivalry: Good for sexual connections

Usually I wouldn't give bad writing/reportage this kind of play, but this is too great to pass up. Laura Berman, a couples therapist in Chicago and frequent contributor to the Chicago Sun-Times, warns us of a frightening epidemic: We get offered a seat or have a door politely opened for us and -- watch out! -- we say no thank you, I am as strong and capable as you are. Though as women we don't want to be patronized, saying no to chivalry may have some unintended effects on our personal lives. Eek gads! Oh, Dr. Berman, pray tell. What grave consequences would befall me if I held the door? It all becomes so clear in the last sentence . . . The problem we never saw coming is that equal power and equal everything has a way of diminishing our sexual connection with each other. Bam! El fin. And if you can't clearly see how challenging chivalry decreases sexual connection between heterosexual couples (oh, you didn't think she'd ever address anything less, did you?) then you're just insane. Downright dense. Go read something vile to satiate your feminine ineptitude, you freakish manhater.