S/F as a window into
what may be
While you make some valid points Raoul, you're not looking far enough ahead, and on this subject, looking back won't work.
As Mary Anne aptly points out below, in LEO you can get to the surface comparatively quickly.
Halfway to Mars, now that's not a fast turnaround scenario.
There will be coutless ways to die in deep space, from simple infection to a micrometeoroid impact. It's going to happen sooner or later, best make plans for it sooner.
As for the second subject, men and women will not quit being men and women the day they boost for the Mars or outer system.