Do feminists really wish to see the continuation of certain traditional social norms and protocols?
There were no feminists on the Titantic, only men were in charge of the lifeboats, only men commanded that ship, only men made the decision to design a flawed ship, only men made the decisions to not have enough lifeboats on board or to travel faster than was prudent. Something else played into the “Women and Children” rescue priority. That ancient acculturation hails from early human instinctive behavior of babies running to their mothers during rival raids and clinging to them. Although early human females fought exactly like early males in those raids, they were encumbered by the babies clinging to them. Females and males evolved dichotomously in size based partly due to that encumberment with males becoming bigger and better fighters than females. Males became specialized as the “protectors” of a clan, “protecting” their females from other males. It wasn’t to protect children. (Most primate rival raids consummate in cannibolism of a child. You know that horrible squeaky nerve rattl
