[MR] courtesy to ladies

[Jerry Wellner]

Greetings,

I rarely post to this list as rarely I have anything that I feel is worth 
taking up the time of the masses who read this list, however recently I 
received a report that upset me enough that I felt I should say something. I 
was informed that at a recent event where parking was a vast distance from 
cabin camping facilities a group of ladies, unescorted by respective lords 
had a large amount of gear. These ladies made 4 trips from their van to 
their cabin at the onset of the event and 4 trips at the end of the event to 
return said gear to their vehicle. Growing up in the SCA, I was raised to 
hold certain behaviors to be inviolate, and one of these is that a lady 
unless by vocal choice should never be forced to carry such loads, that 
there should at an SCA event /Always/ be enough gentlemen that ladies do not 
have to do these things. Yet these three ladies, one a landed Baroness of 
this kingdom Passed several men, one of their own local area, and one a peer 
of this kingdom. Perhaps it is the fact that I have never known a life 
outside the SCA that makes this seem almost offensive to what I feel our 
society represents. To me this is a cornerstone of our behavior and 
courtesy. If I am wrong please feel free to tell me so.. however I feel 
confidant that this is not the case. To me every lady deserves to be treated 
with the honor, courtesy and dignity that I give to my own.. I would hope 
that the gentlemen of this or any other kingdom would accord the same to any 
lady.

     Forgive me any of your time I have wasted, I merely felt that a 
reminder was needed. Thank you.


Ld Jared the Potter





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