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11. Families with young children first

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 08:27 PM

Jan 2012

I wouldn't expect modern women to want their husbands left behind on the ship to have to worry about that, too. Unless it was someone who insisted on staying to help.

And of course men can be disabled, elderly, too.

Enough of this macho crap. Get the children off first, and of course with their parents.

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Costa Concordia: are women still prioritised over men in evacuation procedures? [View all] Violet_Crumble Jan 2012 OP

I agree with one of the commenters there that it's a Hollywood notion more than anything else. redqueen Jan 2012 #1

help whomever and would expect children to be watched over. and women be a part of that seabeyond Jan 2012 #2

Some women are afraid to seem desperate. redqueen Jan 2012 #3

then maybe it ought to be talked about and let go. there is the same "desperate" that comes off for seabeyond Jan 2012 #4

I'm not aware that men who ask women out seem desperate... redqueen Jan 2012 #7

you know the mens forum, talking about their liberation? i think this one fits in seabeyond Jan 2012 #8

I agree. redqueen Jan 2012 #9

i have no qualms. lol. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #10

interesting tidbits in the article iverglas Jan 2012 #5

really determined your chances of survival on the Titanic was class; seabeyond Jan 2012 #6

Families with young children first treestar Jan 2012 #11

an interesting read iverglas Jan 2012 #12

I took my first cruise over New Year's and they mentioned "women and children first" as part of the iris27 Jan 2012 #13

If there was an obnoxious Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #14