Do You Stand Up When A Woman Enters The Room?

[+ Avalon]

I was watching the recent episode of "Blue Bloods". In her role as ADA Erin went to visit her father the Police Commissioner. He was with his two aids. All three were sitting down. When she was announced and entered the room none stood up. I was surprised.

[+ FreshFluff]

This tradition dates from a time when very few women worked, and men and women socialized separately. If you tried to do this now, you'd be standing all the time.

[marylander1940]

I was watching the recent episode of "Blue Bloods". In her role as ADA Erin went to visit her father the Police Commissioner. He was with his two aids. All three were sitting down. When she was announced and entered the room none stood up. I was surprised.

 

Are you going to start posting everything you watch on TV?

[+ WilliamM]

This tradition dates from a time when very few women worked, and men and women socialized separately. If you tried to do this now, you'd be standing all the time.

 

That tradition died when "What's My Line" and Bennett Cerf were cancelled in the late 1960s.

[+ Avalon]

Are you going to start posting everything you watch on TV?

 

Not everything. Just things that interest me.

 

I wonder why people don't post more? These forums are more than just politics and escorting.

Edited November 10, 2018 by Avalon

[+ Avalon]

That tradition died when "What's My Line" and Bennett Cerf was cancelled in the late 1960s.

 

I was a fan of "What's My Line"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Cerf

[Bearofdistinction]

A way outdate impractical practice

[+ Travis69]

In a business setting no. In a social setting yes.

[+ nycman]

I think it was a nice gesture in its day.

 

I’d say most women in today’s world would unfortunately be offended by it.

 

Decorum is dead....long live equality.

[cany10011]

When i went to school, we had to stand when the teacher or headmaster entered the room.

[+ FreshFluff]

I think it was a nice gesture in its day.

 

I’d say most women in today’s world would unfortunately be offended by it.

 

Decorum is dead....long live equality.

 

I'm not offended by it, but it's awkward.

[+ Avalon]

When i went to school, we had to stand when the teacher or headmaster entered the room.

 

Was it an all boys' school?

[+ bashful]

If it's a small social gathering, whether male or female, I'll stand to greet new arrivals, to either introduce myself, or be introduced to those I've never met. Offering a handshake I think is best done standing.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

That would be sexist. Why stand up only for one particular sex?

Ridiculous.

[+ glutes]

I was watching the recent episode of "Blue Bloods". In her role as ADA Erin went to visit her father the Police Commissioner. He was with his two aids. All three were sitting down. When she was announced and entered the room none stood up. I was surprised.

 

 

ETIQUETTE ANYONE?

 

Etiquette is that we don't post photos of minors.

 

 

MANNERS?

Edited November 11, 2018 by Guy Fawkes

[+ Avalon]

Because he is the POTUS he takes precedence.

 

I was reading about the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie. In a carriage ride normally the woman would sit on the right-hand side but because he was the Emperor he sat on the right.