men being jerk. most men think according to new study. researchers looked at famous maritime disasters and they found 34% of men versus 8% of women survive a shipwreck while the crew and captain are more likely to escape over the passengers. so not going down with the ship thing. the swedes say, our findings show behavior in life and death situation is best captured by the expression, every man for himself. the titanic 73.3% of the women surviving thanks to captain edward smith threatening to shoot for any male not yielding to woman in the lifeboats.