1) There's still fairly rampant sexism, we're far from being out of the woods. 2) This whole habit of degenerating into insults just because you feel the other

1) There's still fairly rampant sexism, we're far from being out of the woods. 2) This whole habit of degenerating into insults just because you feel the other side is wrong or disgusting is really not serving any good purpose. I'd be as civil in the 50s as I am today, when pointing out what I consider to be misbehaviour. The only thing that changes is the level of misbehaviour that needs immediate addressing - obviously the threshold would have to be higher in the 50s because otherwise you'd spend all day telling people off. There's no excuse for behaving like an uncouth beast - to women, to people you're arguing with, to people you're talking about, or to anyone indeed. As they say, a gentleman is a gentleman even in the gutter.