Not everyone offers pregnant women a seat on the bus or the train. Some people just stare and think nothing of it. It could be because they aren’t sure if the woman is indeed pregnant. Sometimes it is clear that she is. Not all women are offended if they are not offered a seat but some are. Not all people care that a person is pregnant and can be downright nasty, shoving past them, not holding doors open. Many are raised to hold doors open, offer seats to someone who is elderly, give food to the homeless man. It bothered this one woman so much she purposely began offering seats to pregnant women, women with small children.

Key Takeaways:

• People have become more rude and disrespectful to women who are pregnant, and extension of kindness is less common.
• There is a question posed that feminism has swung too far in the other direction and has caused this.
• The author began taking matters into her own hands and telling others to help pregnant people, which led to less people not being courteous.

“I watched as a very pregnant woman boarded the crowded bus. I assumed someone would offer her a seat before she got to where I was in the very back but no one did. I watched school kids on their phones, grown women and men of all kinds half-glance at her and turn their heads away. I stood up and offered her my seat.”

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1136554/did-feminism-destroy-courtesy-towards-moms