Althouse: When there is a clearly visible need, people really do step up.

July 10, 2021

This angle is much, much worse! Wow pic.twitter.com/2cEJK3h0ee
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 10, 2021

Ann Althouse said...: Bob Boyd writes: "Looks like all men."; 7/10/21, 9:51 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Brian writes: "Looks like mostly men doing what men have always done."

Exactly. That's my point.; 7/10/21, 10:04 AM
Ann Althouse said...: As for women not doing this... it's too much of a strength-based effort to expect women to help here. The people who can help know who they are and they help.

I'll bet there were women there who helped comfort people after they got off the death trap.; 7/10/21, 10:06 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Robert writes:

"Weight and strength are not the same thing. The people assisting are providing ballast - their collective weight adds stability to the base of the contraption.

"A 200# man and a 200# woman provide the same amount of stabilizing ballast. One could argue that a woman might provide more if her ballast is applied closer to ground level."; 7/11/21, 4:50 PM
Ann Althouse said...: It takes strength to hold on though.

I suspect that 200 pound woman would not be that good at holding onto something and supporting her own weight.; 7/11/21, 4:53 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I just saw a longer clip on TikTok

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdVyYutN/

and women are among the helpers

It looks like the first person to perceive the need and enlist help is female and the first person to grab hold may be female; 7/12/21, 1:30 PM