According to Titanic Belfast (“She was alright when she left here”), 72 percent of the women aboard Titanic survived vs. 19 percent of the men.
(In 1912, people were arbitrarily divided into only two genders!)
“Women and children first” — who came up with that idea? Men! Had they wanted to get in a lifeboat, they could have just pitched the women into the sea. But no . . .
You go ahead, honey. I’ll just stay here on the boat and drown.
