I swear to all of you (lol), I don't purposely seek out the material (I'm not into baiting nor gender wars; my Sunday diving group is made up of both males and females who I've bonded to bits with). Why, I just randomly clicked on an article googled on the nature of fear http://www.dtmag.com/Stories/Dive%20...98-feature.htm with the intent of forwarding it to a friend who (having panicked in a pool) is anxious about his coming intro-dive and, what do you know, there just had to be another cited study, another resource person. Fishy or not, if you can't post this in the ScubaChix thread, where else can you?
Excerpt:
"...Several years ago Dr. Lasher completed a study that examined trait anxiety, thrill-seeking, age, and experience as predictors of scuba accidents. Her study found that among male divers, those who are older or have more experience in the water, are less likely to have accidents. Oddly, she found no correlation with any of the factors among female divers. It could be, offers Lasher, that by nature women are more cautious and less likely to be sensation-seekers, thrill-seekers, and risk-takers..."