Should the 'women and children first' rule still apply when a ship is sinking?

what planet are you on? Ship isnt the same as the whole human race has died/long generations space travel. Regardless, there are around 52% Women and 48% men, so with your own argument it makes more sense to save the Children and Men for reproduction than Women and Children. Obviously that wouldn't happen but you know what i mean..
TL;DR: Artificial Insemination on a life raft = dumb.

So, it's been 100 years since the Titanic sank and it's got me thinking. Is the 'women and children first' rule (which isn't always practiced or enforced when a ship is sinking anyway) outdated?

Personally, it strikes me as kind of sexist- why should a woman's life be worth more than that of a man? Us girls are constantly complaining that we still aren't treated as complete equals to men, but surely things like this unwritten rule are hindering our achievement of equality?

I know that if I were on board a sinking ship, I'd give up my space on a lifeboat for somebody else, but I wonder how many others actually would?

Anyway, I'm just interested to know what you guys think; should it be every man for himself, the most vulnerable first or should the captain still order men to step aside for women and children?

Discuss

which part of "I'm not saying I agree with it" did you not understand?

Once a lassie bashes you psychologically/mentally/physically/whatnot, then you might change your views on this.

nope ive had a full on smacking around the face from what was a woman(barely) but i did not retaliate with force

Exactly. And the average man will be able to stay afloat without drowning for longer than the average woman, and also have a greater resistance to cold (having a larger body with greater resources). They also might have to construct a raft out of debris, which could involve physical force like snapping something off. From a utilitarian point of view it makes perfect sense.

but women float better than men and if unconscious they tend to float on their backs (boobs are bouyant) whereas men tend to float face down.
If anyone's taking a swim it should be a woman

So men are physically stronger than women. Does that make it alright for the Police to favour men in their recruitment process? My guess is you'll say that it's not OK.

Double standards, typical feminist

No, that's not alright. As I'm sure you're aware, the role of the police is not merely to act as an aggressive force. I think making that comparison is rather pointless.

Even if I was a single, world famous scientist, close to finding a cure for cancer. and the family was a non-working, benefit receiving couple with 5 children (8 if you include the two that were taken off them, and the one in prison)?

I don't see the relevance of that. The point is that you want a two-tier system when it benefits women, but not when it doesn't. You feminists can't claim to be all 'strong and independent', and demand equality in society, but then cry vulnerability when it comes to matters of life and death.If you live by the sword, you die by the sword.

The relevance of it is, that you don't simply employ police officers on account of physical strength. Therefore it is irrelevant to make the comparison between the police force and the sinking of a ship. Actually, I don;t want a two-tier system. If you read my original post correctly you would see I said it was patronising for women to be classed as vulnerable as children. If I was in the situation where I was aboard a sinking ship, I would feel just as much right to a place on a lifeboat as a man. All I did say was that it was logical for a mother to accompany her child on to a lifeboat. Any reasonable father I would assume would prefer to go into the sea himself rather than put his wife and children in that situation so that he could survive. And I really do not see the relevance of that quote at the end.

i really cant tell...people who contributed more in the society normally should be the ones to get in the boat but still seems unfair,for example if you had Einstein and a "village" lady with a kid who would you let in the boat?