Yup, holding doors open for people is polite, and most people generally do it for everyone.
However I do remember a time when I was younger (I'd say between 5-10 years ago) where women I encountered would quite commonly say that they didn't need a man to hold a door for them, and gleefully tell stories of how rude they had been to men who held a door for them. I can't tell if this was just lies to engraciate themselves with other women, or young girls getting overexcited about feminism, or maybe it was just a phase that people have moved on from now.
To be honest I think it's really hard for a lot of people to judge stuff like this on a wider level because we all have access to certain social circles and walks of life, so I think anyone's experience is going to be very unique and can't be taken as a full picture with which to judge a whole gender. For example your question specifically asks about USA, and I'm English so... What do I really know about this?
Really interesting question though, you've sparked one of the more fruitful debates on this website.
Are men in the USA becoming softer and more femminine
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Yup, holding doors open for people is polite, and most people generally do it for everyone.
However I do remember a time when I was younger (I'd say between 5-10 years ago) where women I encountered would quite commonly say that they didn't need a man to hold a door for them, and gleefully tell stories of how rude they had been to men who held a door for them. I can't tell if this was just lies to engraciate themselves with other women, or young girls getting overexcited about feminism, or maybe it was just a phase that people have moved on from now.
To be honest I think it's really hard for a lot of people to judge stuff like this on a wider level because we all have access to certain social circles and walks of life, so I think anyone's experience is going to be very unique and can't be taken as a full picture with which to judge a whole gender. For example your question specifically asks about USA, and I'm English so... What do I really know about this?
Really interesting question though, you've sparked one of the more fruitful debates on this website.