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Hope the question doesn't offend any women but from the few stories I've read online as well as watching documentaries on mass shootings and hostage situations abroad, it seems that the women always run for cover and the men consciously or unconsciously protected them. (e.g Aurora Shooting)
Another one I watched on TV was about these college student friends in Africa who hid under their bed when some tribal gang came to the homes in the village and took the local to kill him. The two women there hiding under the same bed as the guy were begging him to go out but he was reluctant and even though they were all safe afterwards, they had a bit of a falling out over the incident.
Now we can say in most of these situations you hear about, it's the man that volunteers to protect the women and I suppose men would be stronger so it would make sense but if he was reluctant, would the women nudge/force him to take on the role? Would most men feel pressured to even if they were not masculine in any way? I can honestly say that I'd care more about myself and wouldn't protect the women unless she was super attractive (sounds selfish and egotistical but ehh). Even if I wanted to, I don't think that I consider myself capable of engaging in any fight; I'm 5ft 5in and weigh 127 pounds.
Would the men of CD protect the women (random strangers since you'd have a reason to protect female relatives or friends)
Reminds me of this video I saw a while back: the bravery of a boyfriend fending off an alligator that attacked him and his gf while they were in a pool
When I was 13, I had a little pen knife I carried in my pocket. My dad (who was nearly 60 at the time) got beeped at for something in the parking lot we were pulling into. Not even sure what he did. But when we got out of the car some super tall guy was screaming across the parking lot at us and stalking toward us. I heard my dad say "uh oh" while my mother was clutching her proverbial pearls. I was terrified my father (who was just 5' 9" and very slender in addition to being older) was going to get hurt by this enraged moose of a man. So I opened the pen knife in my pocket. I flashed the couple walking toward us a big smile and very deliberately stepped in front of my parents. I figured I could get a few stabs in before the guy got to my dad and that someone would call the cops pretty quick if a kid was getting beat up. The wife who had been trying to hold her husband back, became much more determined and was frantically whispering to him. He quite suddenly deflated.
My father commented that the guy seemed to calm down pretty quick. I piped up "maybe he was scared I would hurt him" and he finally figured out what I'd been doing while this was going on. I remember he was upset, and my mother basically remained clueless.
The guy of course was not scared of me, but I think his wife very quickly gave him a down and dirty cost/benefit analysis of attacking a family that included a possibly mentally handicapped adolescent.
I was a 110-pound, 5'6" 13-year old girl. It has never occurred to me to run to a guy for safety.
Nope. Today's women are strong and independent and don't need my help in any capacity. This leaves me free to focus on my own protection as well as my family's, so it's a win-win for everyone.
I am a 65 year old disabled woman and I for one would seek help from a man in that situation.
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). Even if I wanted to, I don't think that I consider myself capable of engaging in any fight; I'm 5ft 5in and weigh 127 pounds.
