Tsunami killed far more women
April 04, 2005News & Politics
"A study by Oxfam International, done in villages in Indonesia, estimates that three times as many women as men were killed there. Some villages had only women die, and in one village the ratio of men to women is now ten to one," writes Echidne who examines the possibilities: clothing, modesty, physical ability etc. (Echidne via Rox Populi)