User:Bootmii/Conservapedia:Chivalry

Andrew Schlafly's obsession with chivalry first emerged during August 2008, when he added ten rules of "modern chivalry" to the Conservapedia article on the subject. Soon afterwards, he started ominously mentioning that chivalry would be honoured in his American History Class, and developed the "Rules of Chivalry for Students", insisting that different rules of chivalry must apply to boys and girls. Schlafly's classes include lecturing his students on how to conduct themselves chivalrously.

Schlafly's ideas of chivalry heavily emphasise gender differences and especially "prohibition of competition between genders". It emerged during the course that this extends to setting a different midterm exam paper for the girls and boys. This outrageous decision provoked objections, both from other editors and from the students themselves, who debated the issue and overwhelmingly disagreed with the proposal. However, Schlafly obstinately refused to compromise, insisting that those opposing the different tests were attacking chivalry, as well as the gender roles dictated by the Bible. His refusal to separate the issue of the tests from the concept of chivalry gives him an easy excuse to dismiss any opposition, and he even refused to discuss the issue of the tests with some editors until they clarified their views on chivalry.

See also

• Chivalry