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In Life and Death Situations Does the Norm “Women and Children First” Hold?
Conventional wisdom suggests that during disasters women and children should have a survival advantage over men due to the social norm, “women and children first.” Elinder and Erixson (2012) test whether women have a survival advantage over men in disasters through … Continue reading
Posted in Gender
Tagged disaster, logistic regression, Lusitania, mortality, social norms, Titanic, women and children first
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Scientists Conclude Earth Is Headed for Disaster
Here’s a title of an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that should get your attention: Earth Is Headed for Disaster, Interdisciplinary Scientific Review Concludes By Paul Basken Here are the first couple paragraphs from the article: An interdisciplinary … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Government, Health, Science
Tagged climate change, CO2, disaster, environment, extinction, species
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