Thursday, 5 June 2014

Giving Female Names to Hurricanes can Lead to More Fatalities Compared to Their Male-Named Counterparts

Giving a female name to a hurricane could lead to significantly more fatalities compared to hurricanes with masculine names as people tend to view storms with female names as less threatening, a new study reveals. According to the research by University of Illinois, severe hurricanes with a more feminine name result in a greater death toll, simply because a storm with a feminine name is seen as less foreboding than one with a more masculine name. The ...




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