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Research: Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes (www.pnas.org)
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Feminine-named hurricanes (vs. masculine-named hurricanes) cause significantly more deaths, apparently because they lead to lower perceived risk and consequently less preparedness.

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We use more than six decades of death rates from US hurricanes to show that feminine-named hurricanes cause significantly more deaths than do masculine-named hurricanes. Laboratory experiments indicate that this is because hurricane names lead to gender-based expectations about severity and this, in turn, guides respondents’ preparedness to take protective action.

underestimate a female hurricane and die, I guess

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[-] abc@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

It would be interesting to learn the demographic breakdown of those perceiving the risk of female-named hurricanes - i.e. do factors like someone’s own gender, age, marital status, mean a more or less pronounced risk bias? or is it spread evenly?

[-] dandelion 4 points 1 week ago

yes, that would be very interesting to know - I haven't read the article enough to know if they have that level of knowledge

[-] abc@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I had a (quick) read but I don’t think it covered it - unless I missed something!

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