I've never heard any actual complaining over this because the females I've shared a home with (all related to me) aren't stupid. If this issue were suggested to me, what I would probably do would be insist that they need to keep it up and start just not putting it up before doing my business which incidentally doesn't really inhibit said business at all but makes theirs even worse.
Seriously though, if you're living with someone (the only circumstance these complaints could come up) and anyone involved is complaining about this kind of petty nonsense, you have bigger problems. Living together successfully is about being able to tolerate the little annoying things in favor of the greater gains you get from each other. That sounds cheezy, but seriously, the kind of people who complain about stupid stuff like this are going to be an endless source of stress in your life since I guarantee they complain about many other things that don't actually matter at all beyond this. If they are family or very, very important to you, encouraging them to get over themselves would be best (no matter how many years it takes, consistently standing up to their nonsense will make a dent), but otherwise, ditch them now and save yourself quite a few headaches.
As per chivilry in dealing with women, it kinda goes both ways. The culture did say men were supposed to treat women really nicely in an almost over the top way, but on the other hand, the women were expected to follow the men's orders and allow the men to speak for them in pretty much any context. It's a trade, and you can't have one end without the other (anyone who wants that is just selfish in any cultural context). This trade is obviously massively in the favor of men, and modern society is indeed mostly done with it. I suppose the old way was another path toward leaving peacefully together (everyone knowing his or her place), but the modern ideal of living as equals would seem to have a lot higher pay-outs so I wouldn't be too sad about the change.