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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?

You're probably not aware but one of the main reasons the Titanic went down in history is not because of her size or because it was her maiden voyage but because it saved women and children first. That phrase had been romantically used for about a hundred years prior the sinking of the Titanic, though its never been maritime law. The truth is, in every single passenger ship that sank before the Titanic, survivors always reported that it was "every man for himself" and therefore, very few women and children survived.