他她話題:船難先救女士只是傳說

A new study suggests that the belief that women and children are first to be saved when ships sink is largely a myth, the BBC reported.

據英國廣播公司報道，最新研究顯示，輪船沉沒時先救婦女和兒童的準則，很大程度上只是傳說。

Analysis of survivors from 18 maritime disasters shows that women have a distinct survival disadvantage, say researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden.

瑞典烏普薩拉大學的研究人員對18次海難的倖存者進行調查，結果發現，女性倖存者明顯少於男性。

The report says captains and crew have a significantly higher survival rate.

該報告稱，船長和船員存活率顯然更高一些。

The Titanic disaster, which occurred 100 years ago this week, was a rare exception because the captain threatened to shoot those who disobeyed, the reports concludes.

報告於最後提到，本週即沉船100週年的“泰坦尼克號”是爲數不多的例外，當時，船長用槍支威脅乘客服從命令，才使婦女兒童優先逃生。