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by Box of Chocolates on January 21st, 2007

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Is "Women and Children first" in a rescue situation discrimination?

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  • by pigeonpower on February 26th, 2007

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    yes. It is assuming that adult women are not capable of looking after themselves and surviving as men. It portrays them as like children, weak and somehow not fully competant as men. When news reporters say "hundreds were killed, including 73 women and children" this reinforces the idea, when they really are talking about innocent bystanders- why not say that instead?
    The idea that the women are needed to look after the children is equally discriminatory. What about the father? Singling out mothers seems to say that this is women's role in society and they should be defined by it.
    I agree that in a rescue situation the vulnerable should be helped first, i.e. the injured, and that children are the future and should be saved first, and if a man offered to let me be saved first at risk to himself I'd probably let him BUT it is discriminatory to assumes that women are helpless, incapable and just there to look after children!

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