"Ladies go first" says that women are inferior.

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It could mean ladies are inferior

It could mean ladies are superior

But it means biological sex is important

Chivalry vs. Sexism, but also Chivalry = Sexism. You can't win.

No not really. Passing is but biology isn't (and even if someone passes or is cis, people will open the door for him because it is polite to open the door for anyone). Like Cockney said, he opens the door for ladies. I'm nb and pass as a guy in general society and I open the door for ladies, trans or cis doesn't matter. Although I'm also a nice person so I open the door for anyone. My one rule on it is really 'is that person carrying heavy objects' if so it doesn't matter if I'm in a rush, the door is getting held open. Only person I've seen in a hoop skirt lately was a cis guy (a drag queen), people don't tend to dress like that nowadays outside of dressing up.

Wolfram,

You are exactly right. These days, someone will get offended no matter what you do. It really is a no-win situation with those people.

You can't please anyone these days. It's like that Aesop fable with the moral "If you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one".