Yes, but <i>solitary men are mistrusted around children in public </i><p>Example: your at the grocery store when a young child wanders around the corner and starts pulling items off the shelf onto the floor right in front of you. A woman could stop the child, ask &quot;where are your parents?&quot; and carry the child to fjnd the parents. A man better back away and ignore the child lest somebody call the cops.