Men behaving courteously toward women — holding the door for them, offering them their jackets when its cold — is called chivalry. Many women consider chivalry a lost art. Some women wonder whether chivalry has ever existed anywhere else.

What is female chivalry called?

Orders of chivalry for women, orders of knighthood for women or ladies orders are orders of chivalry reserved solely for women. These knighthoods for women made their first appearance in 1600, and have been much less numerous than traditional knighthood reserved for men.

How many codes of chivalry are there?

Of the seventeen entries in the Knights Codes of Chivalry, according to the Song of Roland, at least 12 relate to acts of chivalry as opposed to combat.