There is sort of romantic courtship
in Chinese culture, and in the first
few weeks of a romance, the woman is treated with deference by the male suitor.
The male usually buys a small gift,
always pays for the food bills, and
behaves with courtliness and attentiveness to the whims
of the woman he is attracted to.
I respect you so much,
the Taiwanese man I first dated said
to me,
and he said this to me so many times,
that I began to wonder!
I saw his excessive manners as a sort of social form.
