I wonder how many people would say "yeah, I only saved that drowning woman because society put me in the position where I had no choice. If it were up to me, she'd have gone under." Not many, I'd wager.
No, when they are in that position they are too busy being attention whores to really say what's going through their minds. But I will point to first, the need for 'Good Samaritan Laws" that protected people who tried to help and only ended up getting sued. On top of that, since the notorious Kitty Genovese case, there have been other laws put into place that say that 'yes, you do have to help if you can." So yes, society does put them in that position. Furthermore, religion - being a part of society and culture - puts people in exactly that position. It makes that kind of assistance mandatory in many ways.
I'm not sure exactly what planet your commuting in from so I'm not sure what that means, but what I - and I'm sure many others in here know - is that in a lot of places, in a lot of situations and for a very few select people there are two sets of rules, one for them, and one for the rest of us. Lots of bad behavior, including rape and beating up women were commonly covered up for top jocks and other special people, often with the notion that 'boys will be boys'. Look at how long took Penn State to do anything to that football coach who was outright raping boys in the locker room. And had it not been make public I'm sure it would still be business as usual. I'm also pretty sure that had he been an English professor that would not have happened, as English is not near as important in Happy Valley as football is.
