I have defined Ladies as people who did not do things themselves.

Ladies were ladies in those days; they did not do things themselves.

I have defined Ladies as people who did not do things themselves

What it is that he has that makes the ladies do what they just did?

Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.

She was a perfect lady--just sat in her seat and stared.