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Chivalry Isn't Dead: It Lives in ... Keith Richards

Maureen Dowd likes the rock star's treatment of women

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 27, 2010 1:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – In the midst of what she sees as a lousy—in fact, downright misogynistic—year for women, Maureen Dowd finds salvation in an unlikely source: Keith Richards. His "chivalrous voice" comes through in his new autobiography, in which he recalls the teenage groupies who threw themselves at the group not with "titillation but terror" and recounts relationships with the women in his life not with "candor but generosity."

In her New York Times column, Dowd notes that Richards has been happily wed for decades and is now supporting his wife through her cancer. “I’ve never been able to go to bed with a woman just for sex,” the supposed bad boy writes in his book. Concludes Dowd: "The consummate gentleman. Who knew?"

A 2008 file photo of Keith Richards.
A 2008 file photo of Keith Richards.   (AP Photo/Nathan Strange, file)
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COMMENTS
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TonyCoop
Mar 11, 2011 8:40 AM CST
Women demand equality but then want chivalry. Misandry is way more prevalent than misogyny
RidersOnTheStorm
Oct 29, 2010 9:30 AM CDT
F*ck me, I thought I was dead
MDD
Oct 29, 2010 7:33 AM CDT
Keith Richard has been DEAD for years, he just doesn't know it yet.
 

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