The Bible says, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Christ said, I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. Is this ANYTHING but men?/sarc;) Zot 'em.Men are bigger so more conductive water,taller so a higher target and have more iron in their blood so better grounded.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
Mayhap men are out and about more then women (e.g. construction workers)?
It’s due to our magnetic personalities, no doubt.
Schocking.
That is why I have curly hair.
Check with ex-congressman Weiner, he’ll tell you about lightning rods...
Men are more attractive.
(esp. when holding onto a golf club in the middle of a thunderstorm)
The Bible says, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Christ said, I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. Is this ANYTHING but men?/sarc;) Zot 'em.I wonder if that might be because many of them stand on golf courses in the lightening where they might be the tallest thing holding metal objects? Just a guess....
Men have probably 10 times greater exposure to lightning than women.
Golf and fishing probably explains it,
I was struck by lightning in Germany, Marching in a storm. Remember the ozone smell and bright light, my back is still killing me.
Golf and fishing probably explains it,
I was struck by lightning in Germany, Marching in a storm. Remember the ozone smell and bright light, my back is still killing me.
Men stay out in the weather longer than woman.
Women have the sense to go inside when rain starts or thunder is heard.
Ask my wife, she’ll set you straight.
due to work and hobby patterns men are still many times more likely to be in vulnerable places in the outdoors when a lightning storm blows in:
working in the outdoors or playing: on golf courses, on rivers and lakes, on mountains and in the great outdoors, etc.
Ah. Reminds me of being in service, nearly always outdoors, in the boonies, in thunderstorms, carrying one lightening rod or another (M-16, M-60, M-203). Many times, lightening struck within a few feet. There’s nothing like holding such a lightening rod while being showered with sparks from trees above. It’s what enlisted men in the lowest infantry and associated ranks do.
It wasn’t stupidity. We had no other choice (orders, duty, training, no tents, no buildings, not allowed to be in clearings, and never allowed to put the rifles down).
Men or much more likely to be outdoors during an electrical storm.
First, most of your outdoor work is performed by men, while most jobs done by women are in buildings.
Second, men are more willing to take risks like finish a job on a tower in an electrical storm, while women prefer security and would likely be more prudent in taking shelter until the storm passes, rather than finish the job.
I’m more the security type myself. The shift was over and I was still checking steel forms about 90’ high with steel rebar cages in them, to prepare for the concrete pours the next day. Came the rain and thunder and I didn’t think much of it until I happened to look around me and realized I was the highest thing for hundreds of yards around me. I came off that form so fast, flying down 90-feet of slipper rain-drenched steel run construction ladder without using my fall protection. I just snapped to where I felt the risk of being the highest object on a wet grounded metal conductor was a higher risk than slipping on the ladder and falling 90-feet. I was down in an instant, believe me.
Ah, and steel work before that (’70s). I was once an expediter, directing steel to be brought in from a steelyard. There were frequent, close strikes at times. ...no choice there, either. It was that or unemployment. And the pay was less than one-third of the pay according to myths about trade unions.
That’s cuz we can take it....
Men are outside, killing things, where lighting may strike.
Women are inside, cooking the things men kill.
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