Generally speaking, the men I went diving with are great. They watch out for me but they also watch out for everybody else. That’s how it’s supposed to be anyway right? I find that when we meet up outside dive envi, they’re still very attentive and considerate. It may be a culture.
But I did have one incident where a guy was overly attentive. He was constantly checking my gear underwater and he wasn’t my buddy. I would give him the ok sign and be polite. HOWEVER at one point he went to check on me, as I grabbed on the line before ascending. He took a look at my air and I was reassuring him I was okay, he turned around and I KNOW he intentionally knocked my reg out. He turned around quickly to ’rescue’ me but I held my arm out towards him, retrieved my reg and he went closer to purge it for me...I pushed his hand aside gently and purged it myself.