AlexAP
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There is this narrative that says that when the ship is sinking, women and children are saved first. The reality looks quiet different:
"For the study, researchers Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon analyzed a database containing information about passengers and crew from 18 of the most notable shipwrecks during the period 1852 to 2011, containing information about the fates of more than 15,000 people.
Elinder and Erixon found that that the survival rate of women was substantially lower than the survival rate of men. Children had the lowest survival rate, while the highest survival rates were observed for crew and captains."
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So basically it's captains and crew first. Brutal Schettinopill.
"For the study, researchers Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon analyzed a database containing information about passengers and crew from 18 of the most notable shipwrecks during the period 1852 to 2011, containing information about the fates of more than 15,000 people.
Elinder and Erixon found that that the survival rate of women was substantially lower than the survival rate of men. Children had the lowest survival rate, while the highest survival rates were observed for crew and captains."
(Source)
So basically it's captains and crew first. Brutal Schettinopill.