Sexist lightning?: 8 out of 10 killed are men

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/27/sexist-lightning-8-out-of-10-killed-are-men/

by wfjackson • 12 years ago

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ambler0• 12 years ago

I have always wondered what the probability of being struck by lightning is, given that you are actually outside during a thunderstorm. We always use the phrase "chances of getting struck by lightning" as a stand-in for a very low probability, but I think that probability includes everyone, whether they actually venture out into storms or not.

recursive• 12 years ago

Come on people. It's 2014! How is there still a lightning gap?

MaysonL• 12 years ago

Men are too dumb to come in out of the rain?

leonatan• 12 years ago

They are only sexist if they kill more women. #feminism101

zissou• 12 years ago

A case of self-selection, of course.

Yunk• 12 years ago

So, is playing golf in the rain a worse option than walking or driving home and returning later on a city street?

These odds are hardly a compelling reason to continue warning about lighting safety given that the resulting behavior changes might be leading to more of the common causes of death.

Someone• 12 years ago

"To state the obvious, men don’t physically attract lightning more than women."

I would guess they do, but likely not by any significant margin. Being taller must be risk factor, mustn't it?

informatimago• 12 years ago

Sure, as having short spiky upward hairs, compared to long curled and downward hair, I'd say.

Sexist lightning?: 8 out of 10 killed are men

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