Quoting%20commentary for Horayot 3:7

הָאִישׁ קוֹדֵם לָאִשָּׁה לְהַחֲיוֹת וּלְהָשִׁיב אֲבֵדָה. וְהָאִשָּׁה קוֹדֶמֶת לָאִישׁ לִכְסוּת, וּלְהוֹצִיאָהּ מִבֵּית הַשֶּׁבִי. בִּזְמַן שֶׁשְּׁנֵיהֶם עוֹמְדִים לְקַלְקָלָה, הָאִישׁ קוֹדֵם לָאִשָּׁה:

A man takes precedence to a woman for (saving of) life and for returning of lost objects, [a man being more sanctified than a woman, being commanded in all of the mitzvoth, while a woman is not commanded in time-oriented positive commandments], and a woman takes precedence to a man for clothing, [her shame being greater than that of a man], and for rescue from captivity. When they are both liable to (sexual) abuse [(rape or sodomy, respectively)], a man takes precedence (for rescue) to a woman, [the act being "natural" for a woman but unnatural for a man].

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