Disappearances of women and rivers

[Cm19841]

I am just reading the terrible story about Victoria Taylor and the suggestion she fell into the river Derwent.

There have a been a number of these stories recently. They are all awful. But I can't recall this happening so frequently in the past. Am I wrong? Did this happen and it was less reported? Is it incredibly risky to walk alone by riverbanks, all the more so if you are female? How dangerous is this?

84% of drowings are male Warning after South East sees high number of accidental drownings - BBC News

And have just seen that Gaynor Lord was 55 when she drowned in Norwich.

Women are far more likely to commit suicide between the ages of 45 - 55 than at any other time in their lives. The other crisis window is within a couple of years after giving birth. This is not a coincidence.

And according to The National Water Safety Forum, the person most likely to 'drown' in the UK is a woman aged 50 - 59.

I can totally relate to the idea of disappearing into a body of water…..😪 RIP all these women

The last person to be fished out of our nearby river was male. And it didn't even make the local paper, let alone the national news.

It happens all the time, sadly, and most of them don't get reported. The one you mention was a specific case, where the police presumably thought there might be foul play, and they needed the help of the public.

People seem to be hell bent on there being a serial killer on social media because ‘no woman would leave their children’. Some do.

I don't know if it's more common for women to fall in rivers or water and get killed than men?

I actually doubt it because I think men can act more recklessly and are also statistically more likely to be near water in dangerous situation.

Ie, fishing is a more male hobby, fishermen, trawlers, sewage workers are more likely to be male?

Water is dangerous and an accident can happen to anyone near it. In summer it's often young kids drowning when they try and cool off.

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This freaked me out. The flat bit looks so pretty and peaceful.

I’ve thought carefully about posting this. I am not in that place now, nowhere near but in my darkest times it was the plan I made. It seemed ‘gentler’ than walking into traffic or jumping off a motorway bridge. And very unlikely to harm a third party (another driver etc…)

just perhaps that’s why they chose it.

Hi everyone. Returning here to my own thread. What a terrible loss! Poor children bereft. Poor, poor Rachel Booth. I think this should be looked into far more closely than quickly case closed. Reading replies about women and vulnerability at this age, but whatever this is. So many women is so terrible to be looked over.

A lot??? Really? How many?

How many women?

the case has been investigated, what do you want ‘looked into’?

I’m sorry to read this but thankfully you’re in a better place 🫶

Thank you for being so open. I am so glad you are in a better place. Everyone matters. X

Agree, I have been thinking this too.

I get what you’re saying and there would be quicker ways, however I suspect a lot of people would drink themselves in to oblivion before walking in, they would likely be almost unconscious before they drowned. 😞

How many women have disappeared and ended up in rivers?

you say ‘a lot’

As a woman, I would not walk along a river or a canal

So dramatic!

Ever? Do you have issues with balance or walking in a straight line that don't affect you when for example walking in the pavement of a busy road or crossing a road?

You sound like you could answer this question for me. I have always wondered about suicide by drowning. I don't understand how?! Hear me out! I've heard it said that when someone is suicidal and say, jumps off a bridge, that as they are falling, they have a change a heart, biology kicks in and they suddenly want to live. Obviously people will die as there's nothing they can do once they have jumped but I know a survivor who described it as I did. Luckily she lived to tell the tale. But with drowning....how do force yourself to drown?! I really don't understand?!! And once that instinct kicks in?
Does this make sense. Its probably obvious but not to me!

I found this impossible to believe so have looked at the report and it doesnt say that at all

It says that of women who die by accidental drowning the largest number are aged between 50 and 59 but over 80% of those who drown accidentally are men

Which I think most of us would have guessed

I hadn't read the whole thread and just seen the post from oasis fan. That makes sense.

But basically in my mind if you can swim and your not drunk or on drugs, it's impossible to force yourself to drown no?!

I would have thought the same, it seems like it would be almost impossible to force yourself to stay under water

The temperature drop won’t help