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Had some fun Thursday night…
Since 370 was canceled, Kevin, Kathryn and I headed to College Inn to play pool and have some beer. Wow Kat got completely trashed before 6 - it was great. We then headed back to Kevin’s place and I finally got to see his place in the light! After admiring his large speakers and the simplicity of his filing structure (damn I’m a geek), we carried Kathryn to his car and drove to my place. There we ate some soup and waiting for Jamie, Ryan and Anthony to show up.
We all hung and just chilled… not really very eventful, but nice anyways.

We decided we needed a midnight snack and headed to a bar on Alki and ate a bunch of $5 appetizers… then I headed home. I was so tired at the bar.. but for some reason when I got home I got a weird case of insomnia and couldn’t go to sleep until like 5am. It kinda sucked and made today crappy… really crappy. So I’ve been sort of crappy all day.. but yeah, that’s what the last week of class is all about

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This morning as I was riding to school, I witnessed it again. Again crowded, as many times it is when catching the 8:30, “I’m late for class,” (as I like to call it) bus. With seats disappearing quickly at each stop, it was not too soon that all seats were completely filled. And then, a peppy girl between 18 and 20 walks on the bus. Most who were looking would think it was a gentlemanly thing to do. A man in his late fifties stands up and offers her his seat. She looks at him in confusion and he gestures again for her to take the seat and she thanks him and sits down.

I understand being polite to people and I understand giving up your seat for someone who needs it more than you. I’ve moved or stood for pregnant women, or someone with three kids held by the arm or someone that is very elderly – it’s just the polite thing to do. I guess what I have problems with is this continued archaic treatment of women as fragile beings or those that should be treated on a pedestal. I think most feminists would agree that this type of action can be somewhat offensive. Clearly in this situation, there were young men standing around without seats – what made “her” different from this?

If this is acceptable, should it be recommended? Is it a gender thing? Is it a sexual attraction thing? Should women offer to give up their seat to men? Should a gay man give up a seat to another man? Is being chivalrous still appropriate in the 21st century or is it a thing that should stay in the past?