Just recently posted on a Facebook page for a popular car magazine, Top Gear Philippines, was a photo of two nurses in uniform riding on the back of the jeep via holding on to the back end while standing. Netizens make heated comments to the page of "Where is the chivalry?" or "That is just Feminism," topics. What do you think?
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, the photo of the two nurses was credited to Marvin Sy with the caption of "Is chivalry dead? We really hope there was not a single male passenger inside that jeepney."
As we are writing now, the post has gathered an amazing 58,189 likes and 8,744 shares with 4,212 comments. Comments from the public netizens have given the admins of Top Gear Philippine's page a complicated situation with debates of gender equality.
Two sides of the battle has emerged, one side where people agree to where Top Gear Philippine's was leaning toward; which was chivalry and why the female nurses were standing outside of the jeep holding on to get a ride. The other side leans toward gender equality and the right that females possess to be able to do such actions.
Where do you side?
Yes, chivalry should be accounted for, if any man sees that there are females trying so desperately to get a ride by standing and holding on to a jeep then he should ask them if they would like to sit down, it's not a feminist thing, it is just plain Respect. In the older times, giving your seat to a lady was actually a very charming and just a normal sign of respect.
Also again, yes, gender equality should be also considered in a situation like this. Although these two are ladies, they are still human beings and have every right to hold on to a jeep and stand there as any other able male. Just because they are girls, doesn't mean they aren't allowed to do such things, they can act like a man or do things no other girl has done before just because they live on this Earth and have a right to.
But then again, none of these points are actually correct. Why?
Nobody should be able to judge right then and there. Yes, it seems odd for females to ride a jeep like this, but that is the same as saying it is odd for a man to wear a skirt which is actually quite common nowadays. Learn the situation, know what is happening, get their point of view. Don't judge these girls or the people riding inside the jeepney or even Top Gear Philippines because no matter what point you try to make, they are all invalid. It was their choice to ride like that although it is actually illegal and we never know, maybe there were people who offered them seats but they didn't take up the offer or later on the girls got to sit inside.
No matter the situation, it is not about gender equality or chivalry, it is about that person's choice and life which none of us even know about.
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