Mariano:
According to your categories, they break down as follows:
Thayer 2
Dodge 1
Fleet 3
Frauenthal 1
Quick 3
Niskanen 1(?)
Holverson 3
Astor 3
Davis 1(?)
(any others?) Virtually all of the women would be in 3 because none of them were rescued from the water (except for Rosa Abbot, I think, in Collapsible A?). Moreover, none of them were excluded from the boats. Your idea is interesting, but probably too constricted to properly take account of the reasons for the suicides. Further, your categorization of the suicides doesn't bring about any revelation - - because the suicides are fairly split up among the categories. I tend to agree with Arthur Merchant, who explains, above, that it comes down to how each individual handles trauma. This is something that really can't be categorized. Further, society likely had an impact on the men's deaths because society at that time would have been so unforgiving of any implication of cowardice among the survivors.
According to your categories, they break down as follows:
Thayer 2
Dodge 1
Fleet 3
Frauenthal 1
Quick 3
Niskanen 1(?)
Holverson 3
Astor 3
Davis 1(?)
(any others?) Virtually all of the women would be in 3 because none of them were rescued from the water (except for Rosa Abbot, I think, in Collapsible A?). Moreover, none of them were excluded from the boats. Your idea is interesting, but probably too constricted to properly take account of the reasons for the suicides. Further, your categorization of the suicides doesn't bring about any revelation - - because the suicides are fairly split up among the categories. I tend to agree with Arthur Merchant, who explains, above, that it comes down to how each individual handles trauma. This is something that really can't be categorized. Further, society likely had an impact on the men's deaths because society at that time would have been so unforgiving of any implication of cowardice among the survivors.