As a female who did an undergrad degree in a male field, I can attest to the truth of the article and tell you that some women in these science areas were able to easily obtain significant others. Basically, we were the only women whom these guys often talked to on a regular basis (even if it was only to compare answers for problem sets). And also, sometimes, we were the only women who shared significant interests with them and could relate to them and could tolerate some of their behavior (only some, there were some guys who were just hopeless and did things like not bathe for a week). Because of the male to female ratio in my field, I often had dates in college when my friends in the humanities had trouble located men they shared interests with.
There was an interesting phenomenon where sometimes you found yourself socializing a guy (on how to interact with women) only to have him be a better boyfriend for someone else.
I do want to point out that, at least when I was in college (yes years ago), the chinese and korean guys didn't lack for dates because they often had contact with others through ethnic student groups (like the chinese student association) but they could hold conservative views about sex.
She was not being a good samaritan, she was probably being a drunk panicking fool who made things worse.
1. she had possibly been drinking (the defendant was coming home from a night of revelry)
2. The car crashed into a light pole going 45 miles an hour (aka, the crash was not a "horrific" crash as those things go)
3. The defendant imagined she saw smoke (no one else did, btw), and perhaps due to her "night of revelry" panicked. Again, probably due to impaired judgment.
4. She couldn't have been that afraid that the car would explode because after pulling the injured woman out of the car, the defendant dropped her RIGHT BY THE CAR so that if indeed there was going to be an explosion, the poor woman would still be dead.
This is not about good samaritans being punished or liberal California laws (not that liberal btw).
It's rather a warning that, if you've been drinking (aka engaging in a night of revelry), be aware that you're probably not the best person to respond to an emergency. You may overreact, read symptoms wrong, imagine that things are happening, panic, and could make injuries worse.
Unless they desperately need you, or you're the only one there, leave the saving of lives up to sober people.
There was an interesting phenomenon where sometimes you found yourself socializing a guy (on how to interact with women) only to have him be a better boyfriend for someone else.
I do want to point out that, at least when I was in college (yes years ago), the chinese and korean guys didn't lack for dates because they often had contact with others through ethnic student groups (like the chinese student association) but they could hold conservative views about sex.
1. she had possibly been drinking (the defendant was coming home from a night of revelry)
2. The car crashed into a light pole going 45 miles an hour (aka, the crash was not a "horrific" crash as those things go)
3. The defendant imagined she saw smoke (no one else did, btw), and perhaps due to her "night of revelry" panicked. Again, probably due to impaired judgment.
4. She couldn't have been that afraid that the car would explode because after pulling the injured woman out of the car, the defendant dropped her RIGHT BY THE CAR so that if indeed there was going to be an explosion, the poor woman would still be dead.
This is not about good samaritans being punished or liberal California laws (not that liberal btw).
It's rather a warning that, if you've been drinking (aka engaging in a night of revelry), be aware that you're probably not the best person to respond to an emergency. You may overreact, read symptoms wrong, imagine that things are happening, panic, and could make injuries worse.
Unless they desperately need you, or you're the only one there, leave the saving of lives up to sober people.