Under 2nd level needs (safety and security) women are led to believe that the government and government institutions such as Police departments will always be there to protect them. Apparently that was not the case in New Orleans when Katrina unleashed mother nature's fury. Wonder how many women (single mothers) were there placing their confidence on the Government. Guaranteed that many father ran household fared much better! 

The women themselves have been psychologically conditioned (brainwashed), and are now emotionally overwhelm that somehow they don't have enough logic to see beyond the lie when they believe that an out of shape total stranger will be the best substitute for a real loving husband, father, boyfriend, etc.  Trust  me when I say that too many policemen are now extremely out of shape. I know because I passed all the police exams until right before the medical. 

Note: Did the the police chief not lie to a group of people stationed outside the  Police Headquarters by telling them that there were bus waiting or coming across the "bridge"

Several things are associable with "self-actualization" - being independently confident in meeting life's challenges - in choosing between that which is more and that which is less worthwhile - and in feeling that one's time has been used creatively and inventively.

The Abraham Maslow hierarchy of need theory was later adapted to include a greater complexity in the area of self-actualization. Under this adaption human needs included a thirst for knowledge and a need for aesthetical order and beauty prior to self-actualization and a "Transcendence" need beyond self-actualization where people would feel a need to help others to find fulfillment.


-- Abraham Maslow first  influenced by the work of Harry Harlow who was experimenting on the  behavior of Rhesus monkeys.