The tragedy of the sunken cruise ship has got jaded newspaper hacks churning out even more crap than usual, and a lot of it is about how -- horrors! -- "women and children" were not evacuated first.
Oh, what to make of these dreaded modern men!
The fact is, chivalry does not comport with modern notions of gender equality, and no rational person thinks otherwise. In my personal experience, the most chivalrous men -- the ones who put women on the proverbial pedestal -- are usually not especially eager to treat women as equals in the business world, or anywhere else.
Here's an example of a very chivalrous man: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/women_children_last_9mdEh6P9nXC6E5DQw7w8HK
In contrast, here's someone who knows what the hell he's talking about -- an evacuation specialist: "I think the priority would be that you would help people who appear to need help. Children obviously need help. But helping women is not necessary. Women don't need help just because they are women. It's more important to identify the people who need help. That's important and that's what people tend to do." http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/jan/16/costa-concordia-women?newsfeed=true
The expert pretty much says what I said yesterday: http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-ship-sinks-why-not-people-in-need.html
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Right on Polly,-Equal means Equal & equal rights come with equal responsibilities.
I suspect that progressive manginas on a sinking ship would be chivalrous when it seems women would welcome their supportive actions. I also suspect based on my experience of living in a PC community and knowing too many PC manginas that those dudes would rationalize away letting women get a seat while the men drowned. Many manginas are border case eunuchs and lap dogs.
Aharon
Where's the link from elusive wapiti?
That's how I usually get here.
Will save to favorites in case it's not fixed soon.
'Women don't need help just because they are women'
If I take that statement out of the context of this evacuation posting, I would have lots of creative ways to write about how they do need help.
Aharon
I think both the evacuation expert's and archivist's comments relating to the matter are spot on and should be common sense.
In relation to the reporting on this incident, I have a different take. I believe this article and similar reports are more negative to women than they are to men.
While I would not be surprised at all to learn that men and women alike offered assistance to those in need to get them off the ship, Polly Curtis makes no mention of women doing anything but fighting with men to get on the lifeboats.
I do not think that is a flattering portrayal of the women aboard that ship. To me, it broadly suggests that virtually every woman on that ship only cared about themselves (and/or their children, perhaps).
Obviously, the notion of "women and children first" in emergency situations is outdated and completely absurd in relation to able-bodied women. Furthmore, I find the present questions raised about this archaic social norm to be nothing more than implicit sexism against men.
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