Honor and Respect of Men and Women

In recent years I have noticed that men seem to be less "gentlemanly" than they were in the past. When I watch an older movie, the man always opens the door for the women, they help put their coats on, drive the vehicles, and so on. It seems that the man of the house would strive to make life a little easier on the female. The women, meanwhile, would be busy raising the multiple children, cleaning the house, doing laundry, and cooking for everyone. Back to present time, most of these qualities seem to be lacking in the male gender. I have gotten in the habit of clapping when I see a male not just open a door, but wait for the female to pass through first before he goes through the doorway himself. Now not all men are forgetful of these qualities, some men are quite good at always opening the door, or helping a female in heels down a flight of stairs. These men seem to ask themselves internally, "Can I do something to make this person's life a little easier in the next 30 seconds?"
What is frustrating about this subject is the fact that we, as women asked for the above to happen. It was called the Feminist Movement. We needed to show the world, and men, that we could do everything they could do. We could open our own doors, get our own jobs, pay the bills, raise the kids, and clean the house, all with a smile on our faces. By golly we did a great job. Today, almost everything is equal in the respect of gender issues. Unfortunately, in our quest to deem ourselves "just as good as men", we lost a little bit of what defined us as women. Most men don't look at us as a precious being to be treasured and taken care of, because we proved that we don't need them for that. Can I blame men for not opening doors, or offering an arm, no, not really, because most likely, they had been yelled at for offering in the past. It also doesn't help, that when someone does do something nice, say open that door, the response I see most often is a mumbled "thank you" from the female, while looking at the floor. That is not a respectful response. Women do need to get better at looking that gentlemen in the eyes, and saying in a clear voice, "Why thank you sir" with a smile on our face. Women have no one else to blame other than ourselves for the current lack of gentlemanly quality's we see in society today.
I know we might never see society revert back to the "good old days" of kindness and respect, but I think if everyone tried to, a couple times a week, think of the other person in any situation, the world might be a better place in the future.