[trailhkr1]

Face it. It was "Rich" Women and Children first. 2nd and third class and steerage-they ended up in the cold ocean and just as dead as the men.

Chivalry back then took a back seat to money just as it has throughout history.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The simple stat that tells it all is that more first class men survived than third class children.

Overall, first class passengers had a 63% survival rate, second class a 43% survival rate, and third class a 25% survival rate. First class women had the highest rate, 97%, while second class men had the lowest, just 8%.

[scrabblehack]

Survival rate for 1st class children - 100%
Survival rate for 2nd class children - 100%
Survival rate for 1st class women - 97%
Survival rate for 2nd class women - 86%

http://www.anesi.com/titanic.htm