Last week, I went to the Rose Cafe evening chat with the Honorable Judge Miller. He told us about his most interesting case (a couple’s botched attempt at vampirism), and the conversation steered towards what kind of jury, if we were defending the accused, we would prefer. After some individual deliberation, Judge Miller told us that often times, the opposite sex from the plaintiff tend to be the people that are the most defensive and sympathetic towards the plaintiff; this is the result of the competitive environment that women are often placed in which pits them against each other. I thought this was interesting because it would be expected that in dire situations, people would stick up for each other regardless of the environment that they’re accustomed to but this is not the case.