Which statement do you believe to be true?
- a man's life is worth more than a woman's life
- a woman's life is worth more than a man's life
- a man's life and a woman's life are worth equal amounts
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If you answered (C), a man's life and a woman's life are worth equal amounts, then I'm sure you won't have a negative reaction to what happened on the Italian cruise ship that sunk recently.
"Survivors from the Costa Concordia spoke angrily yesterday of the nightmare evacuation from the stricken ship as women and children were left behind. In the terrifying moments after the giant vessel began to list, fights even broke out to get into the lifeboats. Men refused to prioritise women, expectant mothers and children as they pushed themselves forward to escape. Crew ignored their passengers – leaving ‘chefs and waiters’ to help out.
In heart-rending footage, recorded on mobile phones, British children could be heard shouting ‘Daddy’ and ‘Mummy’ in the melee. As she waited for a flight home from Rome, grandmother Sandra Rogers, 62, told the Daily Mail: ‘There was no “women and children first” policy. There were big men, crew members, pushing their way past us to get into the lifeboats. It was disgusting.’"
Compare with what happened on the Titanic during that evil era of Victorian patriarchy. From an analysis of Titantic casualties (my highlighting):
"First of all, if you were a man, you were outta luck. The overall survival rate for men was 20%. For women, it was 74%, and for children, 52%. Yes, it was indeed “women and children first.”
But what about class? Well, third class women were 41% more likely to survive than first class men. And third class men were twice as likely to survive as second class men."
Those rich white Victorian men were so sexist that they actually believed a woman's life was worth more than a man's life. What fools.
Good thing we know better.
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The Italian link I got from Vox Populi (You've come a long way, baby). The Titanic link I got from Dalrock (Chivalry on the Titanic).
