if the thing about people preparing less for hurricanes with female names is true, that suggests that giving all hurricanes female names would apply evolutionary selection pressure against sexism
morganwintermiller said: Far as I’ve read, it’s not considered accurate. There was a lot of iffy statistical analysis behind it.
kontextmaschine said: It’s an artifact of the fact they used to only get female names so the “female” set tips older with less warning and shoddiest buildings
kontextmaschine said: oh *preparing less* that might be something different, that’s my stock response to the “dying more” statistic
I think you can treat all headlines about gender issues as false and you will be right more than you’re wrong.
I certainly don’t believe any of these things anymore until I’ve seen it verified from someone I trust on these matters.