What this all boils down to is social contract. Do you live in a society that values your relative place in it and is there a strong communal and cultural spirit like Japan? If I were Japanese or in Japan then definitely women and children first.
In the U.S. however I wouldn't think twice before planting my heel into some fat broodmare's face in order to get one leg over a sinking ship.
In the U.S. however I wouldn't think twice before planting my heel into some fat broodmare's face in order to get one leg over a sinking ship.