Do even hot women like when you are respectful and a gentlemen to them?

Gentleman
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The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or "gens", and "man", cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish gentilhombre and the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family, analogous to the Latin generosus (its invariable translation in English-Latin documents). In this sense the word equates with the French gentilhomme (nobleman), which latter term was in Great Britain long confined to the peerage. The term "gentry" (from the Old French genterise for gentelise) has much of the social class significance of the French noblesse or of the German Adel, but without the strict technical requirements of those traditions (such as quarters of nobility). This was what the rebels under John Ball in the 14th century meant when they repeated:

When Adam delft and Eve span,
Who was then the Gentleman?[1]

John Selden in Titles of Honour (1614), discussing the title "gentleman", speaks of "our English use of it" as "convertible with nobilis" (an ambiguous word, like 'noble' meaning elevated either by rank or by personal qualities) and describes in connection with it the forms of ennobling in various European countries.

To a degree, "gentleman" signified a man with an income derived from property, a legacy or some other source, and was thus independently wealthy and did not need to work. The term was particularly used of those who could not claim nobility or even the rank of esquire. Widening further, it became a politeness for all men, as in the phrase "Ladies and Gentlemen,..." and this was then used (often with the abbreviation Gents) to indicate where men could find a lavatory, without the need to indicate precisely what was being described.

In modern speech, the term is usually democratised so as to include any man of good, courteous conduct, or even to all men (as in indications of gender-separated facilities).

As for the original question, "Do even hot women like when you are respectful and a gentlemen to them?" Well, I'm sure you will agree when I say: of course they like it!

Now, is that necessarily what attracts a woman to a man? Not at all, in my experience.

Cycloptichorn

I see you as very ready for manly manly takes on issues, wrapped in manly morality.

There is nothing in any definition of the term "gentleman" I have seen that makes me want to be one, or to force my children to be one. Of course, If my kids want to be gentlemen, I would have no problem with it... but I don't think I is fair to force these social expectations on children. Kids should be who they are.

The issue at hand is how a man should act in a relationship. Since people are individuals and each relationship is unique, I am arguing that (except for the obvious extreme rules against violence and crime) there is no correct answer to this question. Relationships that benefit both people involved are good relationships-- and there are a very wide range of relationships that meet this ideal

Even with violence. If a couple wants to have a BDSM relationship, where one habitually smacks the other around, it is nobody else's business. The most that anyone should do is to ask the one being smacked if they desire any help, if they are OK. The one being hit is not a victim unless he or she tells you that they are a victim. Playing the full court press and trying to browbeat him/her into saying that they are a victim is not cool either.

You are just a sorry excuse for a human being. Despicable to say the least!