First thing to do is look at what chivalry actually is.

In war, the chivalrous knight was brave in battle, loyal to his king and God, and willing to sacrifice himself. Towards his fellow Christians and countrymen, the knight was to be merciful, humble, and courteous. Towards ladies above all, the knight was to be gracious and gentle. The idealized relationship between knight and lady was that of courtly love. - Wikipedia.

I don't know too much about the whole battle thing, but I don't think you're referring to that. I'd say that you're more referring to the merciful, humble and courteous aspects, as well as the gracious and gentle.

I don't think chivalry is dying at all. People seem to think that chivalry was a commonplace thing all over the world at some point, when it never really was. It was upheld by most knights, yes. But during medieval times when chivalry was put in place, the world was awash with 'male chauvanist pigs' often worse than the kinds you'd see in the world today.

As for the other end of it, there are still a lot of guys who show the traits of chivalry. The whole independent woman movement does actually hinder chivalry more than anything, I find - I personally believe that women in the world we live in are more likely to break such 'rules' than men.

I don't think it's dead at all, I don't think it was ever a global affair, and I think that the reason it's not noticed so much these days is because women are far more independent and also because of the old 'dirty laundry' aspect of the world: People notice the bad things, not the good things, regardless of how small the bad things are in comparison to the good.

I'm not saying the world is a beautiful place at all, I'm just saying that people think that the past was all glorious when it really wasn't much worse - if worse at all - than it is today. And yes, there is a lot of good in the world if you take the time to notice it.