Hurricane Irma may be one of the strongest hurricanes to ever form in the Atlantic, and will likely leave a path of destruction rarely seen in recent years. But, claims one study by the National Academy of Sciences, Irma’s death and destruction may be worse than previous storms, not because she’s clocking 185 mile per hour winds and triggering earthquake alerts, but because we’re all a bunch of sexists.
That’s right. According to a recently-resurfaced NAS study, female-named hurricanes (like Irma, Katrina, and yes, even Emily) are far deadlier than male-named hurricanes (like Harvey, Ivan, and Charley) because Americans are programmed to take women less seriously than men.
.png)
.png)
