However, I do long for the days when women were just not heard using foul language (I never swear in front of a woman-I was brought up not to), and when opening a door for a woman did not elicit the response "What do you think I am, f***ing helpless".

Maybe things are different in the States - never heard that over here. Anyway, I'm as likely to hold a door open for a guy. But then Britain has a culture of the after-you-no-after-you-no-I-insist kind of thing (which makes getting two people through a doorway slower, but both feel happier afterwards. :-)

Graham.