During an annual Emergency Refresher day a few years ago, the Instructor gave an explanation for the policy. I can only assume it is true, and given some incidents that had occurred that caused it to be introduced, I'm inclined to agree.
The policy is not there to protect the children, but the male passenger (and consequently, the airline). I'll leave it at that.
The utterly uninformed and ignorant crap I've seen published over this ... well ... and I expect more here as well.
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