THE ROCKET RADIO SHOW
- The code "women and children first" went down with the Titanic 100 years ago, says a new study.
- Women and children die to a much larger extent than men in maritime disasters.
- Women fared worse in shipwrecks involving Union Jack ships.
The chivalrous code "women and children first" appears to have sunk with the Titanic 100 years ago.
Long believed to be the golden standard of conduct in a shipwreck, the noble edict is in fact "a myth that has been nourished by the Titanic disaster,"
