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> If a group of average men and average women are thrown into the ocean and left to their own devices, after a few hours more men will be left just because of

• 542354234235 6y ago
  I didn’t know so I looked it up. Looks like more body fat compared to body size is the key, regardless of gender. > [1] No significant gender differences in total metabolic heat production normalized for body mass or surface area were found among subjects who completed 90 min of immersion (9 women and 7 men). Nor was there a gender difference in the overall percent contribution ( approximately 60%) of fat oxidation to total heat production.…On the basis of the above findings, we accept the first hypothesis that women and men exhibit similar changes in body cooling and M˙ during cold water immersion at rest when subject responses are corrected for BF and size. [1] https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000.89.4.1403?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000....
• epicureanideal 6y ago
  Even if so, that's just the temperature problem. There's also the possible problems of: * needing to swim for a long time, regardless of the water's temperature (this is what I had in mind with my comment you replied to) * pushing your way past obstacles in a damaged ship * physically surviving damage from falling debris, burns, cuts, blood loss I'm sure others can think of more issues.