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6/3/2014 12:11:31 AM
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Female-named hurricanes are deadlier than male-named

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/02/female-named-hurricanes-kill-more-than-male-because-people-dont-respect-them-study-finds/]...because they lead to a lower perceived risk and consequently less preparedness[/url] thanks to gender stereotypes. [url=http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/05/29/1402786111.abstract?sid=79a9dd5a-51c7-4dfe-95b0-25c41fec04e9]Here's the paper[/url] from the National Academy of Sciences. I'm reading it now and would encourage anyone else with access to do the same. inb4shitstorm... sorry, maelstorm.

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  • Do you know if there was any kind of control in the study, like something to normalize the results? For example, they could have used cost of damages as a baseline comparison, as it couldn't possibly be affected by gender bias on any considerable scale.

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