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‘People more willing to rescue their pet than a man or teenage boy’, YouGov poll finds

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This might not come as a huge surprise, but according to a poll commissioned by a UK charity, people are more likely to feel willing to rescue a pet that is in danger, than a man or a teenage boy.

The poll found that out of seven different categories, a man on his own was least likely to inspire people to want to help him if he looked to be at risk.

In descending order from those who most people would feel willing to help: A pensioner (91%), a woman on her own (85%), a child (85%), a parent with children (82%), a family pet (79%), a teenager (68%) and a man on his own (56%).

According to the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity who commissioned the research, “46% of Brits said they would be concerned about risking their own safety, while 36% said they would not know how to help”.

The charity said its findings were the result of a YouGov survey of 2,353 adults.

I can’t help feeling a little hurt that if I found myself with my back against the wall, and it came down to a choice between helping me or a Labrador with a limp, most people would choose the Labrador.

By Dan Bell

Images: DM Sumon and Kira Okamoto

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  • Mark Neil

    I find it extremely telling that, in a society that feminists insist is socialized to hate women, women are put on equal footing as children in terms of being deserving of help. while men, the group the patriarchy supposedly works for the benefit of, is dead last, even after pets.

  • Nigel

    Indeed Mark I was thinking the exact same thing. One would have thought too that a progressive movement would want to address this clear compassion “gender gap”. To be honest may years ago when first reading Warren Farrell and the idea of disposable males I thought that males being last on the list for the lifeboats was probably OK. However over the years as it became clear that this general expectation for self sacrifice and individual resilience from men is not just taken for granted but combined with a narrative of men being untrustworthy “sh___s”. As you say just the people to challenge gender stereotypes actually rely on them to advance their agenda. I find this fundamentally dishonest (as well as actually damaging to real human beings). I think it is an interesting thought experiment to consider what a society would look like were 85% of people answering that they’d help an adult male. ed

    • Elizabeth

      The HMS Birkenhead sank in 1852, killing “9 officers and 349 of other ranks”, despite the gender neutral terminology this comment followed: “every woman and child was saved”. Feminist Jean Kerr said “the only reason they say women and children first is to check the strength of the lifeboats.”
      Even now, captains face shaming, ostracism and punishment if they don’t go down with the ship, I wonder if they would feel the same towards a female captain. And if they did, how long would it take for accusations of misogyny to start flying around.

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  • Gaius Baltar

    Case in point – in movies, men will die by the hundreds but a golden retriever can easily survive the destruction of a whole city.