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Title: Males versus females: Who shows more chivalrous tendencies in the act of door holding?


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Males versus females Who shows more chivalrous
tendencies in the act of door holding?
  • Bobby Carnicella, Kass Crawford, Angela
    DiGeronimo, and Derik Orschell
  • Hanover College

2
Introduction
  • Many men gave up their spots on the life boats of
    the Titanic in 1912 to ensure that women and
    children survived (Lichter, 1993).
  • If this scenario occurred in todays society, how
    would men react? Would todays men give up their
    lives in the name of chivalry?

3
Introduction continued
  • Chivalrous acts such as door holding have been
    slowly declining since the sinking of the Titanic
  • Liberal contemporary feminism could be a cause
    (Walum, 1974)

4
Hypothesis 1
  • We expect that males will more often hold the
    door for others to pass through first when
    compared to females.
  • Definition of door holding.

5
Hypothesis 2 background
  • The social setting may have a powerful influence
    on behaviors (Ventimiglia, 1982)
  • Are the differences in settings of fast food and
    sit-down restaurants included in this theory?

6
Hypothesis 2
  • We expect that more door holding, in general,
    will occur at the two sit down restaurants than
    at the two fast food restaurants.

7
Participants
  • There were 81 participants.
  • 50 males 31 females
  • 17 singles excluded from data
  • All participants were Caucasian.
  • Ages could not be determined accurately

8
Procedure
  • Pairs of observers at each location

Tues Sat Tues Sat
Fast Food AB CD AC BD
Sit- Down CD AB BD
  • Sit-down Empress of China, Key West Shrimp House
  • Fast Food McDonalds, Wendys

9
More Procedure
  • Observed from cars outside entrances
  • Exception Wendys had to be observed from the
    inside
  • Tuesday and Saturday nights from 6pm-7pm (prime
    dinner hours).

10
Procedure Continued
  • Door holding behaviors were recorded on a data
    sheet by each researcher
  • 100 agreement between observers
  • All restaurants were observed twice
  • Exception Empress of China only observed once

11
Results Effects of gender on door holding
behavior
C2(1) 5.139, p .023, f2 .0625
12
Effect of restaurant type on door holding behavior
C2(1) 6.832, p .009, f2 .0841
13
Discussion
  • We confirmed both hypotheses.
  • Our research confirms the studies done by
    Goldman, Florez, and Fuller (1981). American men
    perform courteous behaviors more often than
    American women.

14
Discussion continued
  • Gender
  • Stereotypes
  • Conservative nature
  • Relationship
  • Context
  • Formal vs. Informal
  • Expense, expectations and dress

15
Limitations Future Research
  • Limitations the sample (Madison, Indiana), all
    participants same ethnicity.
  • Future research diverse metropolitan city, 3
    restaurants, different social contexts observe
    only adults.
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