Sorry Mike, it was the way I was brought up. I still walk on the outside of
the pavement. I still open doors and stand back to let a lady/female call
them what you will go through. I still like to see the feminine gender, if
you prefer it that way, to be served first at the table and have told
waiters such, quietly and to one side I might add.

Sorry, blame in on my upbringing.

Another point which used to infuriate my wife and myself when we lived in
Leicester were the adverts for female staff, "Girls" for the shop floor,
"Ladies" for the offices.

Sorry, blame it on my parents, but I won't be changing now at my time of
life.