Males have a staggeringly higher drowning rate than females. According to the CDC in a report published last year, 80% of people who drown in natural bodies of water are male

Curebores · 2013-03-11T10:28:01+00:00

They are also a lot more likely to be near a natural body of water since men are the vast majority of people who work in outdoor occupations and also tend to favour outdoor recreation too such as camping and fishing.

rj20876 · 2013-03-11T12:37:32+00:00

This isnt really a MR issue. What do you want, to ask more women to start drowning for equality?

Arcnsparc · 2013-03-11T11:20:39+00:00

Men are culturally and naturally more likely to take risks, including swimming in dangerous areas or conditions.

WhiteThrone · 2013-03-11T10:53:32+00:00

Famous Last Words :

"Hey, guys, watch ~this~ sh!t!"

tries some impossibly stupid stunt; gets hurt or killed in a failed attempt to impress his drinking buddies

revokatt · 2013-03-11T13:28:11+00:00

For fuck sake. Water isn't sexist. Men are in the water more often. Including when drunk, or impaired. So they drown more.

Why is this here?

C0CKPUNCHER · 2013-03-11T12:31:48+00:00

Stupidity itself is not a gender issue, nor is risky behavior you choose to do and aren't in any way forced to do. If people want to drink and go fishing, I don't think we need a government campaign to educate them, it's their life and there isn't anything wrong with choosing to take risks.

If a percentage of these deaths are suicides categorized as death to save the families feelings, or show men engaging in risky behavior out of depression, that is pertinent. (If).

Tyrien · 2013-03-11T12:41:06+00:00

Why is this here?

talkingpiano · 2013-03-11T10:15:13+00:00

Don't drink and dive.

nysv · 2013-03-11T11:36:28+00:00

We have pretty good statistics of this here in Finland. 86% of people drowned in the last 10 years were male.
Much of this is by choice of hobbies: fishing, canoeing, sailing, jetskis, etc.
Alcohol is involved in over half of the drownings.

usernameXXXX · 2013-03-11T14:13:07+00:00

It is due to males being professional fishermen.

2013-03-11T16:13:02+00:00

This is evidence of male privilege. 80% of women aren't allowed to swim.

superstubb · 2013-03-11T20:15:43+00:00

Woman come standard with floatation devices.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-03-11T15:15:36+00:00

So what is being done to help the other 20%? Is the patriarchy to blame because it won't allow women to learn how to swim?

/s

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