“女士优先”大约在10世纪,欧洲上流社会悄然兴起一股男士崇拜贵族女性之风,谓之“骑士风度”,随之演变而成的“女士优先”成了西方现代文明礼貌的一项内容。当时这股风把以前男尊女卑的关系从外表上颠倒过来,使得北欧上层社会妇女在社交集会上扮演了优越的角色(尽管是表面现象)。接着16世纪欧洲新教改革运动又 “Ladies first” Around the 10th century, a wave of men worshiping aristocratic women quietly emerged in the upper-class society in Europe. The so-called “knightly demeanor” followed by the evolution of “Ladies First” became part of the politeness of modern Western civilization . At the time, this style of business reversed the former male-female relationship, which made superior women in the Nordic society play a superior role (though superficial) in social gatherings. Then came the Protestant Protestant Reform Movement of the 16th Century