At last! The culmination of stenography performed by TheDC on behalf of NeW that set the entire Internet ablaze (& by that I mean TheDC & various new media permutations of NeW were ablaze) has led to the selection of a winner, in every sense of the word.
“We wanted to do something positive to promote gentlemanly acts on [college] campus[es],” NeW founder Karin Agness told TheDC in March. “This is a great way for us to encourage mutual respect between the sexes.”
As stated on NeW’s website, the event sought to “restore dignity and respect between the sexes by honoring and recognizing gentlemen.”
A woman is never more enlightened than when she's honoring & recognizing patriarchs, is she fellas?
I wish it stopped there (I wish I didn't feel obligated to follow up on this drivel.) but of course not. And typing of wishing, someone's wishes have already been fulfilled, 'though observational bias is admitted:
“During the showcase, I did notice more gentlemanly acts,” Agness told TheDC. “This is probably partly because I was more aware of the acts. One of the goals of this whole campaign is celebrating respect between the sexes, and I appreciated gentlemanly acts more when I saw them this month.”
The showcase, which awarded and paid tribute to males deemed gentlemen, experienced more success this year than in 2010, as the number of visitors and participants increased and the event received over 1,000 more voters.
Can you imagine why the simple number of votes wasn't given? Or what percentage "over 1,000 more voters" represents over last year's widely-heralded efforts?
Here's how big some of their other numbers were.
Agness attributed some of the participants’ enthusiasm to the quality men of the world.
“NeW was excited to have five nominations within the first day,” Agness told TheDC. “It speaks volumes for our organization that there were young women from college campuses across the country who couldn’t wait to nominate a certain gentleman.”
Hurting my head too much to decide if the volumes spoken are books of the Bible or romance novels.
Adding to the horror is the initial DC item on this mess, which we missed.