Should man rule over women for women’s own good?

[Cato]

There can be and likely are exceptions in every instance of the Law of the Sea being used.

As a Captain wishing to save as many as possible, he would accept older people and perhaps even others who wish to let another live instead of themselves.

So yes, it is about as nice a system as I can think of if the various people do what they are supposed to do.

You seem to be fixated on your analogy instead of pulling the idea back into your broader argument. What I learned by exploring your analogy is that everyone is subjected by force to adhere to a vague idea of duty which is dictated and not arrived at by consensus. As a reminder, you are using this as justification for your idea that men should rule over women.

To summarize, you are arguing that men should rule over women because somebody with a gun says so. Not very convincing.