White knightery is probably hardwired in both women and men like you mentioned. While the latter is wired to defend both women and children, the former is only wired to protect her own children. Women are not wired to care for their men and they are seen as disposable once they outlive their utilitarian value. Once a man fails to provide or even becomes redundant, he is dropped without any remorse or guilt.
Evolutionary psychology explains how humans and animals alike are not adapted to live in an environment with automobiles, hence the deaths. Men are also not adapted to an environment where they are systematically oppressed, where the weaker and dumber sex has all the advantages and bailouts like never before in history... Men are still wired to live in cavemen societies, protect women and children at all costs.
No matter how bad the situation gets their instincts tell them to use themselves as human meat shields to save women over themselves. The James Holmes movie theatre shooting is a perfect example of this. Rationally it made zero sense for these guys to take bullets for their girlfriends. They weren't even carrying their offspring or had any children between them. But their instincts told them to shield the women and got them killed. Most of our instincts are not meant for the world of the 21st century and will continue to hold us back as a species
Evolutionary psychology explains how humans and animals alike are not adapted to live in an environment with automobiles, hence the deaths. Men are also not adapted to an environment where they are systematically oppressed, where the weaker and dumber sex has all the advantages and bailouts like never before in history... Men are still wired to live in cavemen societies, protect women and children at all costs.
No matter how bad the situation gets their instincts tell them to use themselves as human meat shields to save women over themselves. The James Holmes movie theatre shooting is a perfect example of this. Rationally it made zero sense for these guys to take bullets for their girlfriends. They weren't even carrying their offspring or had any children between them. But their instincts told them to shield the women and got them killed. Most of our instincts are not meant for the world of the 21st century and will continue to hold us back as a species