Who says that chivalry is dead?

My mom and my for-all-intents-and-purposes-cousin Ellen came in to the classroom yesterday, because Ellen was just passing through town and wouldn't be around long enough to meet up after school. Some of the kids were asking questions, and one student asked, "How old are you?" Ellen answered, "Well, I'm 26", just as Marcus, with this incredibly shocked and worried look on his face, leans over to the other student and says in a loud whisper, "You can't do that! You're never supposed to ask a girl how old she is!"