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This was not true in most ships. Men had higher survival rates in maritimal disasters: https://qz.com/321827/women-and-children-first-is-a-maritime-disaster-myth-its-really-every-man-for-himself

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"Akshully this well known saying that demonstrates well-validated principles of how human societies rightfully recognize that eggs are scarce and sperm is free isn't literally true therefore your point is invalid, checkmate atheists."

No thanks, bud.

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Throughout history, women have been treated as the disposable sex. This can be seen especially through the high rates of female infanticide.

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Yes, they kept the boys alive to be soldiers.

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"Girls are murdered, boys most affected."

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Take a look at a sex-ratio map. None of the countries where female infanticide is practiced produces men who let women become feminists. No red herrings please. The point was about the kind of society Caplan was talking about re: the Titanic, not the kind of society that is still practicing infanticide of any kind.

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