ARE WOMEN BETTER SCUBA DIVERS THAN MEN?
The Future is Female
For many years, women have been the minority in the diving society. One of the main reasons is that scuba diving equipment has been traditionally designed to fit a man’s body. Although it doesn’t sound too much of an obstacle, it does actually create unequal chance for potential women divers. Even in the navy, most divers are men. Recent discoveries, however, suggest that men are not necessarily better divers than women.
Girls and Scuba Diving
Mandy Shackelton, a marine scientist at Hull University says that women have better orientation and awareness of their surroundings than men. They also have what it takes to be good divers including calmness, safety conscious, and non-aggressiveness. Women are less likely seeking for sensation of danger and adventures compared to their male counterparts. On the other hand, men are prone to experience a chain reaction of hormones which leads them to lose