Fiona Chan wrote an article on how parents are sending their children to etiquette classes. She dwelt on the horror of society becoming too polite, like the Stepford Wives; unnaturally courteous. She brought up a very interesting point of how present society should be trained in this area, instead of the future generation.
I watched the movie and it was blood-curdling to see the wives become so accommodating because they had been fixed in that way. To have a human be made into a robot, is creepy. Ms Chan is probably being cynically realistic in saying that dominant courtesy is rather bizarre. I feel the same way but at the same time, it will make a positive difference in the world if only people get past the consciousness of it. It is like going back to the Regency era :) However, it is rather daunting to reeducate the present generation as it is difficult to teach an old dog new tricks. With the young, it is much easier to mold them while they are still able to absorb knowledge with open minds.
