Credentials mean power. Power to move through certain spheres of influence, power to command certain kinds of respect. They know they can be caring, affectionate, sensitive and nurturing, attentive and good listeners to their wives. Ultimately, this led men to educate, elevate, and emancipate women. It should come as no surprise, therefore, if pop feminists attack men for not being chivalrous.
Chivalry provides many benefits women are reluctant to give up.
But dependence has a price. Traditional chivalry requires men to die for women. It imposes the obligation to work at dangerous and dehumanizing jobs to support women, to take responsibility for initiating relationships, and more. All things most women refuse to do. Those who find thin the benefits of dependence, however, understandably desire the apparent advantages traditionally accorded men in education, work and society.