Hi Charlie! Interesting as always. A commend and a question. My comment is that men are much more in favor of nuclear power than women which is arguably a very green position (depending on definitions). My question is where the evidence is for the striking claim that women are “more likely to die from climate-related disasters”.
Thank you for reading the piece. Your note and point on nuclear energy are well-taken — that’s a good counterexample to this general trend. On the claim that women are more likely to die from climate-related disasters, this is not a fixed reality, but reflective of existing gender inequalities in the places where these disasters have been most likely to occur. The disparity is most pronounced in lower-income countries where women lack the same resources, and this gap appears to shrink in countries where there’s greater equality. Here is one study that refers to this: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00563.x.
The gap I mean. Like of course due to women not having access to the same mobility etc but like.....men are still dying earlier than women even after disasters
Hi Charlie! Interesting as always. A commend and a question. My comment is that men are much more in favor of nuclear power than women which is arguably a very green position (depending on definitions). My question is where the evidence is for the striking claim that women are “more likely to die from climate-related disasters”.
Hi Richard,
Thank you for reading the piece. Your note and point on nuclear energy are well-taken — that’s a good counterexample to this general trend. On the claim that women are more likely to die from climate-related disasters, this is not a fixed reality, but reflective of existing gender inequalities in the places where these disasters have been most likely to occur. The disparity is most pronounced in lower-income countries where women lack the same resources, and this gap appears to shrink in countries where there’s greater equality. Here is one study that refers to this: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00563.x.
Best,
Charlie
This talks about gender gap in mortality decreasing....so men die at an earlier age than women generally - and after disasters it shrinks
The gap I mean. Like of course due to women not having access to the same mobility etc but like.....men are still dying earlier than women even after disasters
Thanks for the shoutout!