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'Women and children first' is a myth, shipwreck study shows

Costa Concordia

It's a question often asked: Is chivalry dead? According to a recent study by two Swedish economists, that brand of gallantry is not only dead, it was buried at sea long ago... With a few exceptions, like the Titanic, female passengers and kids were less likely to survive than the captain and crew.

 

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