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At 08:16 AM 12/8/95 +0000, Bob Talbot wrote:
>#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 ...
>
>Bob,
I couldn't agree with you more. Time and again I have seen
"dive couples" where more often than not, she was completely
out of her element, doing a dive just to please her mate.
subsequently subject to mishaps and accidents. As a female
diver (wanting to work in underwater research), I think in many cases I am
safer than a comparable male diver. My experience with the group, "divers"
has been that more men violate or stretch the rules than females; I won't
dive with many men (my boyfriend included) solely
because they are, IMHO, unsafe. but then there *are* more male (technical)
divers than there are female.
Rocket
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