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Hurricane Death Tolls Linked To Sexism
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Posted on 06/05/2014 10:33:53 AM PDT by chessplayer

According to CNN, “gender bias might actually kill you.” A new study released by the National Academy claims that “feminine-named hurricanes (vs. masculine-named hurricanes) cause significantly more deaths, apparently because they lead to a lower perceived risk and consequently less preparedness.” The liberal media was thrilled to find this supposed scientific proof of sexism.


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1 posted on 06/05/2014 10:33:53 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Doesn’t the weather service issue the male/female names alternately?


2 posted on 06/05/2014 10:35:13 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: chessplayer

Please say this is satire!


3 posted on 06/05/2014 10:35:28 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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4 posted on 06/05/2014 10:41:55 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: defconw

*Please say this is satire!*

Looks like an article from the Onion from 20 years ago...

...or a very serious story on CNN now


5 posted on 06/05/2014 10:43:03 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: chessplayer

I would have expected the opposite. If a girl like Katrina comes to your town in a bad mood, everybody ducks right away. Larry or Phil...not so much. :)


6 posted on 06/05/2014 10:43:35 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL-GALT-DELETE])
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To: chessplayer

You have to wonder if people are just generally stupid?


7 posted on 06/05/2014 10:43:40 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: PATRIOT1876

Maybe they should just call them all Barack!


8 posted on 06/05/2014 10:45:03 AM PDT by defconw (LUTFA!)
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To: chessplayer

Hurricanes were earlier named as females, but the weather people were “persuaded” to go with an alternating sexual (“gender”) identity in order to undercut the supposed implication that females were temperamental and possibly fearsome. Very well. Now they are complaining that the female-named hurricanes are being perceived as more docile, and it is really the ones with male names that scare people. So which is it?

These are the same people who think that they should be in charge of the thermostat for the planet.


9 posted on 06/05/2014 10:46:58 AM PDT by docbnj
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To: chessplayer

Expect a demand from feminists that hurricanes only be given male names. Nah, that would be sexist, too. Maybe gender neutral names. Or a, b, c, d, etc. Or 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.


10 posted on 06/05/2014 10:51:35 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

It only makes sense that a boy hurricane would be more violent than a girl hurricane.


11 posted on 06/05/2014 10:52:31 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: chessplayer

This is a sign of a collective psychosis. In other words, significant numbers of people in this country are sick in the head.
1. The person who wrote that article.
2. The people who read the article and said “yes, you know that’s right”

If male-named hurricanes had “caused” more deaths, then they would have said that men are brutes, agressive, rapists, etc etc.


12 posted on 06/05/2014 11:10:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: chessplayer

Why is everything symbolic in this country? Why is everything that happens taken as a symbol of a greater, all-encompassing reality?
A crazy a$$hole murders women and it’s a symbol of men oppressing women, violence against women, etc.
A old codger with Alzheimers says he doesn’t like Blacks, and it’s a symbol of Whites oppressing Blacks, and all Whites are racist, etc.
A store clerk suggests an alternate product to an American TV personality, and it’s a symbol of discrimination against Blacks, etc.


13 posted on 06/05/2014 11:16:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: chessplayer
Another example of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, which, by the way, is also behind the global warming fiasco, brought to you by the same people.

The reason for this phenominon is that only fairly recently have hurricanes alternated with male and female names. Past hurricanes were deadlier due to primitive weather prediction technology and weaker structures. Oh, and there's the fact that we've been going through a quiet time for Atlantic hurricanes, but we can't admit that because it is contrary to global warming dogma.

14 posted on 06/05/2014 11:25:12 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: oldbrowser
It only makes sense that a boy hurricane would be more violent than a girl hurricane.

Until you let the girl hurricane behind the wheel of a car.

15 posted on 06/05/2014 11:53:02 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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