For the record, I routinely hold open doors for people that I know are behind me and are leaving/entering a building. It surprised me to know end to get yelled at for it.
Exactly why I do it.
I've resigned myself to the fact that some people are just assholes. It's a trait that's not gender specific.
She was pretty unhappy about that as well, incidentally.
I know it's shocking if something like the door thing happens to you, but I wouldn't assume it reflects the general attitude of women.
"I do not offer my seat because you are a lady, but because I was taught to be a gentleman" - works for doors too.
My Dad would have had a fit if I didn't hold the door open for a group. He expected his children to be polite.
Nothing too bad, but people have glared at me, asked what I was doing or if they knew me, etc.
I was astonished; it's just something that everybody does where I live so it was weird to have people react like I was doing something outrageous.