One of them at least was a guy who saved a woman who was a very good friend. And I wonder about the others...would they have saved the other person if it was a man? (I should hope so!) Or, what if they were people who were simply willing to help *any* human in need?
A few years ago a strange man stepped in when a street guy in front of a drugstore reached out as though to give me some trouble - it was sort of mildly threatening - and I thanked the guy for his help (AFAICT the street guy wasn't armed and seemed like he had mental problems). The way I chose to frame it in my own head is someone trying to help out a fellow human, also perhaps knowing that the guy wasn't as likely to challenge another man. So...he used his 'male privilege' as the feminists would call it to help *another human*. I'd like to think I would do the same if I could.
Bonobos, our cousins south of the Congo, have a sort of matriarchal society in which the males do *not* dominate the females--the only close primates AFAIK that didn't evolve male-dominant. The chimps on the other side of the Congo did--and it's speculated that it might be because they had to compete with gorillas, ergo evolved the aggressive male dominance that ensures troop survival (but also means having to take crap from male chimps if you're a female). The bonobos didn't have any such enemies until humans came along.
Fun fact: Everyone gets laid more in bonobo society and ANYTHING GOES!!! ;)
One of them at least was a guy who saved a woman who was a very good friend. And I wonder about the others...would they have saved the other person if it was a man? (I should hope so!) Or, what if they were people who were simply willing to help *any* human in need?
A few years ago a strange man stepped in when a street guy in front of a drugstore reached out as though to give me some trouble - it was sort of mildly threatening - and I thanked the guy for his help (AFAICT the street guy wasn't armed and seemed like he had mental problems). The way I chose to frame it in my own head is someone trying to help out a fellow human, also perhaps knowing that the guy wasn't as likely to challenge another man. So...he used his 'male privilege' as the feminists would call it to help *another human*. I'd like to think I would do the same if I could.
Bonobos, our cousins south of the Congo, have a sort of matriarchal society in which the males do *not* dominate the females--the only close primates AFAIK that didn't evolve male-dominant. The chimps on the other side of the Congo did--and it's speculated that it might be because they had to compete with gorillas, ergo evolved the aggressive male dominance that ensures troop survival (but also means having to take crap from male chimps if you're a female). The bonobos didn't have any such enemies until humans came along.
Fun fact: Everyone gets laid more in bonobo society and ANYTHING GOES!!! ;)