{"id":708,"date":"2008-12-09T07:12:56","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T06:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=708"},"modified":"2024-10-13T07:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T05:09:19","slug":"dents-de-la-mer-ou-abyss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/dents-de-la-mer-ou-abyss-20081209\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaws or Abyss?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I talk to non-divers about diving, two questions always come up. Girls: \"Aren't you afraid of sharks?\" Boys: \"Are you going deep?\" Syndrome Jaws<\/em> in these ladies, fantasy Abyss<\/em> for the gentlemen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two films, two fantasies, two fears of the unknown?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I am not a shrink. But I do have my two-bit sexist theory about how men and women perceive diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disclaimer :<\/mark> <\/strong>careful, eh! Nothing serious about this, everything that follows is to be taken with irony and to the n-th degree!!! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the girls always ask me, \"Aren't you afraid of sharks?\"<\/strong> On the women's side, it seems that the fear of the big, toothy beast dominates. An underwater variant of the fear of the big bad wolf?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boys always ask me, \"Are you going deep?\"<\/strong> On the male side, it looks more like performance anxiety. An underwater transposition of the \"who pees the farthest\" contest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, scuba diving inspires fears and fantasies, which are well symbolized by these two films: Jaws (Les Dents de la mer, in French)<\/em>\u00a0from Steven Spielberg<\/a> for fear of sharks and Abyss<\/em>\u00a0from James Cameron<\/a> for the intoxication of the depths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"Teeth$ <\/a>
Jaws and Abyss. Two films, two fantasies, two fears of the unknown?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Dedramatize and demythify ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people do not know that clownfish attacks<\/a> (without consequence) and triggerfish<\/a> (sometimes painful) are more frequent than those sharks<\/a>. And that you don't even need to feel the exhilaration of the depths to come across harmless gray sharks<\/a>, white tip<\/a> or black tip, Whale sharks<\/a>, Wobbegongs<\/a> or zebra sharks ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2192 See all my articles with sharks in (with or without teeth)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"White$ <\/a>
White-tip sharks in Sipadan (Borneo, Malaysia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"A$ <\/a>
A zebra shark and his faithful remora, awakened by the light of the flash. (Koh Phi Phi, Thailand)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"Reef$ <\/a>
Reef shark and jacks. (Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"Long-legged$ <\/a>
Long-legged shark. (Red Sea, Egypt, October 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"Enoooorme$ <\/a>
Enoooormous, the whale shark!!! (Balicasag, Panglao, Bohol, Philippines, May 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Well, these questions, from non-divers, I can still understand ... They do not know the underwater world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But where it gets funny is that these differences between male and female reactions are also observed among male and female divers on the same boat...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would they have watched too much The Big Blue<\/em> ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Some gentlemen, when they come back on board, after a dive, absolutely need to know how deep the others have come down. Ordis dive on the wrist, they go there their virile comparisons, measuring the meters as they had to measure the centimeters in the playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ri-di-cu-les! \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some have watched too much The Big Blue<\/em> by Luc Besson<\/a>, too, no doubt ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game of comparisons becomes very funny when we move on to the \"contest\" of those who consume the least air. Here, girls are often the big winners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There's nothing we can do about it, it's a question of size and morphology. Women are generally more air-efficient than men.<\/strong>\u00a0Real champions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone leaves with around 200 bars in their bottle. But when monsieur comes back up with 50 bars or less, madame often still has 80 or even 100 bars in stock! \ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"End$ <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The macho doesn't stay underwater for long<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As a result, I laugh in advance when I see certain couples disembarking on a boat... I'm talking about those who haven't had much diving experience yet, with one guy acting macho and know-it-all in front of his partner and the rest of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She will listen carefully to the briefing and follow the advice of the guide. She will dare to ask questions and will make sure not to touch anything underwater (and she has seen Jaws<\/em>Well, she knows that the beasts that populate the seabed are full of teeth and sharp pointy things).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, she will have a long, pleasant dive. She will see lots of cool stuff, because she will constantly keep an eye on the guide who is there to show her (provided that the guide does his job well, but that's another debate). She will come back delighted. With a bit of luck, she will even have seen a shark. And won't be afraid of it anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"Shark$ <\/a>
Shark and divers in Sipadan. (Borneo, Malaysia, July 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Her companion, on the other hand, doesn't often need anyone's advice. At most, he'll deign to ask questions about depth. Explaining that he can go well beyond the maximum 25 or 30 meters announced at the briefing. That's how it is: some males just don't see the point of doing so-called \"recreational\" or \"leisure\" diving, without decompression. And they find it even harder to understand that in certain exotic locations, where the water is warm and full of fish, there isn't always a rescue unit or decompression chamber nearby...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, this kind of guy will empty his air tank at breakneck speed, trying too hard to descend, too hard to swim. You can spot him quickly underwater: he's the one waving his arms and legs like crazy, stirring up the bottom, scaring the fish away...<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, he is also the kind of person who gets offended if he has to get back on the boat before the others, with one of the guides, simply because he has sucked all his air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you go deep? Aren't you afraid of sharks?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Yes, it's all very caricatural, I agree... But so are certain behaviors (whether diving, driving a car or in everyday life).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately, I also met a lot of couples who were diving in good harmony, forming admirable pairs underwater!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"Diving$ <\/a>
Diving in Alor. (Indonesia, July 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Still. Whenever I get into a conversation about my diving with someone who knows nothing about it, I know in advance the question I'm going to be asked, depending on whether the person I'm talking to is a man or a woman: \"And do you go deep?\" or \"Aren't you afraid of sharks?\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, it's impossible to escape the clich\u00e9s that haunt the female and male imagination when it comes to diving. It is Jaws<\/em> or Abyss<\/em>\u00a0!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\ude1c \ud83d\ude02<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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