[user104658]

Originally Posted by the truth

hopefully the next time there is any ship sinking it wont be women saved first...after all that would be sexist and patronising wouldnt it?

Come on truth, get your arse out of the 1950's! "Women and children first" hasn't been in effect for like half a century! The drill on a sinking ship would be to prioritise those who are least likely to survive if they end up in the water; children, the elderly, the disabled, and anyone who is injured. Healthy adults come last, male and female.

Stop winding yourself up about equality issues that don't even exist any more! You keep getting your knickers in a twist over the number of young lads killed in WW2 as well... When we don't even HAVE conscription any more and (realistically) never will again, let alone male-only conscription.