I am a 16-year-old girl from England and about two years ago, I realised how much the code of chivalry meant to me. I noticed that whenever the word was mentioned, I got this really, really fantastic feeling inside that would make me feel so strong all over. I would usually start to blush like mad, and sometimes, my hands would start shaking, too. However, by both dictionary definition and experience,it seemed to me like a male-to-female-only thing. I even remember one time I held a door for a boy in my karate class and he refused to go through, and my karate teacher told ME off because ‘he’s being chivalrous’, though I know his only intention was to anoy me.

Over time, I manager to convince myself that the feeling I got about chivarly was anger, as I thought I couldn’t practice it, and I told myself I hated it. Deep down, though, I knew how much I loved it really. Then, a year ago on the 19th of October, the breaking point came when one of my friends, who didn’t even know how much it meant to me, told me that I was ‘very chivalrous’. This still stands, to this day, as the most incredible moment of my life. After I had got over the shock, I began to think ‘women CAN do this, I CAN do this’, and the rest is History.

Roughly one year on, I have printed out a cope of the Code of Chivarly from another website and I keep it with me 24/7,even when I sleep. I try my upmost to fulfill these qualities, and I have even told a few of my best friends, though it is a closesly guarded secret of mine. I hope one day that I will be able to publish fantasy books to teach chivarly to the next generation.

Even though I still find people who think chivarly is just for men, every time I see a website which thinks otherwise, I am filled with hope. Thanks again, and I apolagise for the length of this message.