Woman and children first off a sinking ship. Gender equality...?

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John2290 said:

Im sure many of the people who frequent these forums are of the mind not to pay attention to the feminist radicals, feminazi's as some call them, so Im sure this post won't blow into discrimination of a certain gender. 

Here goes. There's 300 people on a sinking ship and 100 lifeboats that seat just one person and a child. In days past the women and children would get the life boats and the 100 men would be left to drown. 

So, by today's standards do we put 50 men and 50 women on the boats along with the children or do the women and children first, as has always been the case?

Of course that is just a completely ludicrous situation but what say you?

Thoughts? 

The premise is false, and likely only based on the movie Titanic. Traditionally, women have been much more likely to be left to die in shipwrecks than men.

In addition, why is gender the deciding factor in who lives and who dies?