... and Teddy Kennedy says “Think we have time?”
How much did they take into account factors like men simply being more sturdy than women and kids or that sailors are going to be more fit for survival than nonsailors.
I think also that it depends how compassionate a particular society is. If compassion is deeply taught, people will likely be more willing to act on it, even if they are in a panicked state of mind.
a) It took a long time to sink and b) Anglo-Saxon society of the Edwardian age marked a high point in human civilization.
Those two factors combined are the reason.
Duh, professional seaman surviving better in the open ocean than landlubbers?
I really hate cynical crap like this masquerading as “science”. It serves no earthly purpose other than to denigrate the compassion and Christ-like self-sacrifice of those brave men who DID lay down their lives so women and children, the weakest among them, could be saved.
Mrs. AV
That guy in Aurora, CO who abandoned his injured wife and children in the movie theater supports this study.
I would like to see the study broken down by the nationality of each ship’s captain.
What I see here is the modern denigration and total lack of teaching the traditional code of the Honor of Manhood.
Outside of movies (mostly old movies) there is rarely heard these days any mention of honorable men. I can not recall the last time it came up in a conversation I had or I overheard.
Even where honorable behavior is ensconced in law it is often ignored.
Recall the recent grounding of a cruise ship in the Mediterranean where the ships captain abandoned ship and was told by the coast guard that he had to return to his ship and he deliberately ignored the command.
Honorable behavior has become an archaic concept to the modern man. Get a girlfriend pregnant; marry her you have got to be kidding! Too busy playing video games to study; cheating is an easy A.
Honor used to be worth dying for (as in giving your seat in a life boat to a lady) today it is not worth giving up your seat on the bus.
The most stunning finding is the stupidity of the authors. Women and children, generally speaking, are weaker and have less stamina than men, which is why they are given preferential treatment during evacuations.
Imagine the survival rate of women and children if they weren't "first?"
There must be equal numbers amongst the survivors along racial/gender lines.
Article leave a lot out.. Like the cultures involved.
Women and children first is largely a concept of Western Culture.
Muslim cultures value children and women only above their last deposit in the privy.