kumimonster
Contributor
This really isn't a women's issue. This is more of a stupidity issue.
Perhaps someone else will share it.
But I thought those in here would like to enjoy the idiocy first:
Famed surfer: Women's periods 'most common reason' for shark attacks
Laird Hamilton, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, might be spreading some misinformation when it comes to shark attacks and women's menstruation.
TMZ spotted the famed surfer in Malibu, Calif., on Wednesday and asked for his thoughts on the recent increase in great white shark sightings in Southern California.
Hamilton began by deftly debunking certain myths surrounding sharks, explaining that "most shark attacks are not fatal."
"They say that soda machines kill more people every year than people are bit by sharks," he said, adding that attacks are usually a case of "mistaken identity."
Then Hamilton kept talking.
"The biggest, most common reason to be bitten is a woman with her period, which people don't even think about that," he said. "Obviously, if a woman has her period there's a certain amount of blood in the water."
According to Dr. Chris Lowe, director of the Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab, menstruation doesn't create enough blood to attract sharks.
Lowe told the Huffington Post: "This is one of those misconceptions that refuses to die. In fact, the amount of blood loss during menstruation is probably less than [the] average scrape or cut that a kid or surfer may get while playing in the water."
Women lose between 1.2 to 1.7 fluid ounces of blood on their period, and Lowe posits that if children with minor injuries aren't getting attacked, then periods can hardly be to blame.
Toward the end of the interview, Hamilton veers back into more scientific territory.
(more at the link above)
Perhaps someone else will share it.
But I thought those in here would like to enjoy the idiocy first:
Famed surfer: Women's periods 'most common reason' for shark attacks
Laird Hamilton, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, might be spreading some misinformation when it comes to shark attacks and women's menstruation.
TMZ spotted the famed surfer in Malibu, Calif., on Wednesday and asked for his thoughts on the recent increase in great white shark sightings in Southern California.
Hamilton began by deftly debunking certain myths surrounding sharks, explaining that "most shark attacks are not fatal."
"They say that soda machines kill more people every year than people are bit by sharks," he said, adding that attacks are usually a case of "mistaken identity."
Then Hamilton kept talking.
"The biggest, most common reason to be bitten is a woman with her period, which people don't even think about that," he said. "Obviously, if a woman has her period there's a certain amount of blood in the water."
According to Dr. Chris Lowe, director of the Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab, menstruation doesn't create enough blood to attract sharks.
Lowe told the Huffington Post: "This is one of those misconceptions that refuses to die. In fact, the amount of blood loss during menstruation is probably less than [the] average scrape or cut that a kid or surfer may get while playing in the water."
Women lose between 1.2 to 1.7 fluid ounces of blood on their period, and Lowe posits that if children with minor injuries aren't getting attacked, then periods can hardly be to blame.
Toward the end of the interview, Hamilton veers back into more scientific territory.
(more at the link above)