BBC News – Women first rule ‘ignored in ship disasters’ – study:
The authors of the report, economists Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson, say the captain has the power to enforce the rule.
But they say their findings show that behaviour in real life-or-death situations is best captured by the expression “every man for himself”.
(Via www.bbc.co.uk)
I’m sure this will come as a shock to women everywhere. When push comes to shove, men save their own butts rather than following the codes of chivalry. In other news, water has been proven to be wet.
