You’ve finished a lovely dinner together, enjoyed a bottle of wine, and now you’re walking through the restaurant’s parking lot with your date, Maggie, who last week won her black belt in karate.
Suddenly a big man, cursing, clearly intoxicated, and fist raised, lurches toward you from the shadows. Do you 1. duck behind Maggie, who is smaller than you but trained in hand-to-hand combat or 2. step in front to protect her?