What does it take to be a Gentleman or a Lady? | It’s A Question Of Balance 14 November 2015

Broadcast on 14 November 2015 on KSCO AM 1080, KSCO 104.1 FM, KOMY AM 1340, and KSCO.com Live Stream.

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Hour 1: Out And About – Conversations with People on the Street about Questions That Matter: ‘What does it take to be a gentleman or a lady?'

This week on It’s A Question Of Balance with Ruth Copland we consider ‘What does it take to be a gentleman or a lady?’ Country Life magazine in Britain, which is aimed largely at the landed gentry but more broadly at country rather than city folk, recently published two lists of what is required to be a gentleman or lady. Some of the attributes are serious, some tongue-in-cheek and some very British. Is the concept of being a gentleman or a lady something you relate to? Do you associate these terms with a general chivalry and politeness that could still be useful in the modern age or do you think of them as promoting a certain kind of sexism? When you think of someone being a gentleman or a lady do you think about good manners and an honourable way of behaving or more about social conventions? What would be on your list of attributes of a true gentleman or lady today?

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