Women and Children First is Bullshit
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Two Swedish economists studied shipwrecks from the past 160 years and this is what they found:
In examining 18 shipping disasters dating to the 1850s, the economists found little evidence that men were inclined to surrender their survival advantage. Overall, the survival rate was 61% for crew members, 44% for captains, 37% for male passengers, 27% for women and 15% for children.
Looks like this myth’s been debunked. The lesson here? Don’t bring children onto a ship, it’s a death trap.
Read more at latimes.com.
