That offends the heck out of me. Yeah, it assumes all men are potential predators, but it also means that there's a *much* higher chance that I'll be stuck next to somebody else's child. That's not so bad if the kid can take care of him/herself, but I *hate* *hate* *hate* *hate* *hate* the fact that I am periodically expected to care for somebody else's child. I'm not good at it, I don't like it, and I resent the hell out of the fact that people look at me, see I'm female, and assume that a) I'm a nurturing type, and b) my labor is available free to anyone who might feel like presuming.