Global warming a "gender" issue?

Women more at risk from climate change:
Canadian at UN conference

The Canadian Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Severe weather caused by global warming can pose greater physical danger to women than men, a Canadian attending a UN conference on climate change said Friday.

"For instance, often women don't know how to swim, so in a flood situation that can lead to a higher instance of death or injury," Angie Daze, a program manager with a Canadian group called Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change, said.

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"Women are highly dependent on the environment for their family responsibilities" in developing countries, said one environmental worker based in Bangladesh.

"Any type of environmental degradation impacts them more severely than men."

Mata Musing

OMG... what a load of methane this is. Purely laughable if it weren't so darned annoying in it's charge.

The *only* reasons given for women suffering so much more than men thru something we're told will destroy us all is what I have duplicated above. Less women can swim??

This brings me to one of my pet peeves... that of taking any issue and making it a man vs woman issue - usually with the intent of gaining support divided along gender lines. Truly this must be a sign of desperation amongst global warming advocates.

Frankly, if we're all "doomed" by global warming, gender plays no role whatsoever. Absurd.