Quote Originally Posted by Cataboo View Post
So... Am I being un-empowering to women if I give up my seat on the metro or a train to a pregnant woman? Or to old people?
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But as far as I'm concerned, it's common courtesy for me to offer my seat or to help someone struggling with a door or something - if they say that they're fine and they don't need help, I don't press.
Special parking for "futura mamás" is pretty standard here in Chile. I loved it when I was pregnant! Why not? We also have check out lines that give priority to pregnant women, old folks, and pretty much anyone who is even mildly handicapped in anyway. So, if you are standing in one of these lines (there are others that are not priority lines), then you have to let the pregnant woman go ahead of you if she happens to show up while you are waiting. It's really nothing more than institutionalized common courtesy.