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Apr 12, 2012 · The study suggests that women are generally at greater disadvantage in British shipwrecks, and the length of time the disaster takes to unfold has no bearing on whether more...
Aug 8, 2012 · For 11 of the shipwrecks, we find that women have a survival disadvantage (P < 0.01) compared with men. For the remaining 5 shipwrecks, we find no clear evidence of survival differences between men and women.
- Mikael Elinder, Mikael Elinder, Oscar Erixson
- 10.1073/pnas.1207156109
- 2012
- 2012/08/08
Jul 30, 2012 · Yes, It has been claimed that “women and children first” is just a British phenomenon. But we found a lower survival rate for women on British ships than on ships of other nations.
Aug 6, 2012 · Women and children die at significantly higher rates than male passengers and crew members in maritime disasters, a review of historical records suggests.
Aug 1, 2012 · In an unexplainable nugget, the rate of survival for women aboard British ships was the worst. It seems the evacuation method on the Titanic was beyond “exceptional,” far outpacing the norm for...
women fare no better when they constitute a small share of the ship's complement; the length of the voyage before the disaster appears to have no impact on women's relative survival rate; the sex gap in survival rates has declined since World War I; and women have a larger disadvantage in British shipwrecks. Taken together,
Aug 14, 2012 · Women have a distinct survival disadvantage compared with men. Captains and crew survive at a significantly higher rate than passengers.
