Chivalry. The word summons up different images and meanings for us. Some imagine King Arthur, Sir Galahad, and the other Knights of the Round Table. Some may envision a Victorian gentleman defending a lady’s honor against the insults of a cad. Others may find themselves thinking of men holding a door open for women or drawing out her chair in a restaurant. In some ways, the word and the concept seem antique, contraptions from the past now covered in spider webs and dust sitting in some corner of the attic. Some women regard chivalric gestures by men such as holding open a door or paying for a bill in a restaurant as insults, demeaning signals of oppression and male chauvinism, and are happy to see chivalry vanquished by our modern age. But what exactly do we mean by chivalry? Should we celebrate or mourn its loss? And is it really …