Women and children first? Experts say that in most crises, it's more like everyone for themselves
LONDON — So much for women and children first.
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LONDON — So much for women and children first.
LONDON — So much for women and children first.
Experts say that in most crises, it’s more like everyone for themselves LONDON (AP) — So much for women and children first. The phrase and its grave implications about who to save first in a catastrophe are rooted in the shipwrecks of centuries past and popularised by Hollywood’s treatment of the Titanic disaster. It is […]
Evacuation and rescue specialists say the practice is a Hollywood-generated myth and a relic of Victorian-age chivalry.
So much for the women-and-children-first rule of rescues in crisis.