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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 08:16:54 +0000
From: bob.talbot@ae*.or*.uk* (Bob Talbot)
Subject: Re[2]: women in diving
To: techdiver@terra.net, Phil Pfeiffer <phil@es*.ed*>

#As long as we're getting into gross generalizations ... look at the diving 
#fatality reports, and think about which sex, as a rule, tends to 
#predominate.

There are still a hell of a lot more men than women diving worldwide ... so 
what a big suprise that would be then!

I would suspect that, were the numbers available, dive-for-dive women may be 
at least as likely as men to be involved in a serious incident.

I would guess that any excess incident rate could be due to an element of 
"Rambo and the Mouse" type female divers who have felt/been cajoled into it 
(yes there are men in the same situation but MUCH rarer) by thier partners.

This is not intended as a judgment of male/female innate ability ... just an 
observation ...

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