Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in Antarctica, say the isolated environment and macho culture have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish.

The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. Antarctic Program, published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they’d experienced harassment or assault while on the ice, and 72% of women said such behavior was a problem in Antarctica.

But the problem goes beyond the harassment, The Associated Press found. In reviewing court records and internal communications, and in interviews with more than a dozen current and former employees, the AP uncovered a pattern of women who said their claims of harassment or assault were minimized by their employers, often leading to them or others being put in further danger.

  • xuxebiko
    28•1 year ago

    men will apparently just be men.

    this thinking removes the sexual harasser’s & rapist’s responsibility for their crimes and moves it to their gender/DNA.

    When criminal conduct is enabled, crime will escalate.

    • DessertStorms
      -16•1 year ago

      And saying not all men gives every man an excuse in their mind as to why they don’t need to do anything about the problem with their peers.

      • xuxebiko
        -8•1 year ago

        Yes! It absolves men of their responsibility to make their society/community safe and it ensures that if they become a problem then other men will not stop them.