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Originally Posted by iammatt 
The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.
Very well said (or quoted?).
My grandfather always stressed the importance of gentlemanly behavior. I see no real conflict in aspiring to be a gentleman and respecting gender equality. The demise of the gentleman was one of the unfortunate and unnecessary) casualties of the (otherwise laudable) modern feminist movement.
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