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Thanks for not just downvoting, I appreciate that :)
Not sure what the web footprint regarding historical definitions of chivalry (verses the cleaned up 'dudes doing right' version) is (it's been about 11 years since I've done the reading).
The concept is tied in to, among other things, Aristotle's biological concepts of women (tl:dr; uterus is mis-formed penis that 'happens' to come in handy) and is what filters into the big-3 modern religions (along with unpleasant things said by people like Aquinas, St John, & other big names of the time) and classical Greek ideas (sex w/wife = gross necessity, pederasty = agape, true expression of love/aesthetic beauty, etc).
Most of this stuff was in a bunch of comparative religion/philosophy texts & books of essays but here's a couple of links pointing in that direction:
[book at amazon about Aristotle's biology, check out the editorial reviews/comment for brief summary (I promise that's not my review!)] (http://www.amazon.com/Female-Aristotles-Biology-Reason-Rationalization/dp/0226512002).
[here is a google search about Thomas Aquinas, one of Christianity's fathers, famous quote where he winkingly says we should be chaste, but sex feels to good to stop] (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Grant+me+chastity+and+continence%2C+but+not+yet%22).
The Aquinas quote is there as a barometer of the general indifference towards women and hypocrisy.
I'll look around here & see if I still have relevant texts/etc.