Misandry in action. Can anyone doubt a woman in the same situation would have been rescued by bystanders?
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Justice for Men & Boys 
And lets be honest those rescuers would have been men. I don’t know whether “misandry” covers the very deep expectation that a male is to save himself (both literally or figuratively) and only has value in his utility to others. Just as the recent Braverman story illustrates. One of the most remarkable lies, in the face of daily evidence to the contrary, is that “men” in general somehow hate women. All too common a story about rescues from water is the scenario where a male would be rescuer dies in making such attempts. Indeed on occasions where a man hasn’t risked his life in such a rescue attempt the tabloid press will point the finger of shame. Of course at the same time absolutely no one has any implicit or explicit expectation that a woman on the scene would take such a risk.
Dr. Farrell pointed this out decades ago, having seen his brother die in trying to rescue his partner in a skiing accident. There are three elements to this that play out in every such story : The first is that a male is assumed to be responsible for his plight and solutions, he must not assume help. The second is that bravery is a requirement, I have never seen a story where there was even a whiff of expectation that women present should do anything material to assist. The third is of course that should male/s attempt something and fail, either resulting in their death, or injury; they will be criticized for being foolhardy or taking too greater risk! Men are always responsible for their situation, for their actions, for the protection of women (and children) and for success or failure.
It would not surprise me at all if this story is followed up by something naming some of the “crowd” picking out the males.
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