A fishing boat crowded with migrants traveling from Libya to Italy sank in Greek waters last week. While hundreds are still missing and feared dead, it has garnered far less attention and resources than the Titan rescue efforts for five people.
The insane and yet very relevant thing from the Greek migrant boat sinking tragedy that I don’t hear talked about is that all of the survivors were men and all of the women and children that were on board, hundreds of them, presumably died because they were forced into the lower compartments! Wow what a coinkydink that their lives weren’t valued as much as men’s in basically theocratic societies that view women as second class citizens.
Sometimes you need a reminder that the “women and children first” rule that was famously implemented on the Titanic came about by a ton of women and children dying at an disproportional rate.
I think the women and children were below deck for protection against the elements, not to increase the chance of men surviving. On top of that, men are also more likely to know how to swim than women and children.
The insane and yet very relevant thing from the Greek migrant boat sinking tragedy that I don’t hear talked about is that all of the survivors were men and all of the women and children that were on board, hundreds of them, presumably died because they were forced into the lower compartments! Wow what a coinkydink that their lives weren’t valued as much as men’s in basically theocratic societies that view women as second class citizens.
Sometimes you need a reminder that the “women and children first” rule that was famously implemented on the Titanic came about by a ton of women and children dying at an disproportional rate.
I think the women and children were below deck for protection against the elements, not to increase the chance of men surviving. On top of that, men are also more likely to know how to swim than women and children.
I don’t buy that, I’m sorry. Not a single woman or a child survived.