To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.