Chivalry
Straight Outta Camelot
The concept of chivalry or the chivalric code took shape during the Middle Ages but more specifically from 1170 to 1220. Chivalry was a practice that existed with Christian knighthood at the time that promoted the protection and popper treatment of women.
At first glance, this seems well-intentioned and wholesome. However, it began to manifest as being aggressively performative and caused division between knights as well. Many men had perished dueling for the honor of women and lived above their means to impress the women they fancied.
Fe-Dor-Ra
Meriam-Webster describes chivalry in the following ways :
"The system of values (such as loyalty and honor) that knights in the Middle Ages were expected to follow or "an honorable and polite way of behaving especially toward women"
Paved With Good Intentions
In modern times as well as existing within third-wave feminism, there is a causal gaslighting of men who are feminist by being called "simps" for simply seeing women as equals. In hopes of detaching from androcentric values and patriarchal desirability, many men have proudly taken on the societally perceived image of being chivalrous while refining it to be less performative and hegemonic. This seems to be led by the trans hyper pop star known as Dorian Electra in the promotion of their album "My Agenda".
While the societal perception of chivalry is mentioned in different spaces by people who prefer to be treated with such esteem and urgency, many people hate chivalry and believe it doesn't serve to protect women in the face of patriarchy as it focuses more so on sexual desirability as well as perpetuating the idea of women being damsels. If or when chivalry will make a formal return seems to be eternally up for debate.