Not sure who downvoted you, you're absolutely right. There even was a study about this, it's a proven fact. http://time.com/2813381/hurricanes-female-names/
Admittedly, the first part of the study is a little bit unclear in my opinion because male hurricane names haven't been used until the late 70s, and back then the tech for both predicting the hurricane and protecting yourself or fleeing from it was less advanced than it is today, so female named hurricanes obviously have a higher death toll, on average that is.
The second part of the study is interesting though. They basically held a survey in which they asked people to rate a hurricane's threat level based on the name, and it turns out people rate female names as less threatening, even when the names are very similar like Alexander/Alexandra.
This is pretty bad news not only because this shows that women are by default still not taken as seriously as men, but also because many people died and will die due to stupid prejudice.
Admittedly, the first part of the study is a little bit unclear in my opinion because male hurricane names haven't been used until the late 70s, and back then the tech for both predicting the hurricane and protecting yourself or fleeing from it was less advanced than it is today, so female named hurricanes obviously have a higher death toll, on average that is.
The second part of the study is interesting though. They basically held a survey in which they asked people to rate a hurricane's threat level based on the name, and it turns out people rate female names as less threatening, even when the names are very similar like Alexander/Alexandra.
This is pretty bad news not only because this shows that women are by default still not taken as seriously as men, but also because many people died and will die due to stupid prejudice.