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.

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    edit: so mad 😎

    They get mad when reality disagrees with them. Big mad. As in to say most of the time

    • @mojofrododojoEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      they get mad because it’s bullshit. a stupid hypothesis backed by a bunch of fearmongering and frothed spittle.

      riddle me this, gunman: how many guns until we’re ‘safe’?

      we’ve got more guns than people. so what’s it gonna take? 4 per person? 10? Do we need six billion guns so every american can count 20 in their home arsenal? Does that get us to safe?

      pretty fucking stupid premise.

        • @mojofrododojoEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          good question! do you think more firearms would make the rapists less likely to have a gun, or more likely?

          I’ll wait over here while you figure this out.

            • @mojofrododojoEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              aw, got your feelings hurt? poor baby.

              we’re all gonna die you schmuck, you’re probably just going to go in a ‘cleaning accident’.