The watchdog office overseeing the National Science Foundation is sending investigators to Antarctica's McMurdo Station after hearing concerns about the prevalence of sexual violence at the U.S. research base.
  • Xanthrax
    32•1 year ago

    If anyone didn’t know, Alaska has the highest rate of sexual violence in the US.

    • @douglasg14b
      12•1 year ago

      I wonder if this is an effect of isolation?

      I’m curious what sort of environmental factors influence this sort of behavior.

      • @Squizzy
        14•1 year ago

        Opportunism and lack of consequences

      • @bizarrocullen
        1•1 year ago

        Keep in mind that there’s only 700,000 people in Alaska. 14 cases are gonna show up on the national scale.

    • @[email protected]
      -1•1 year ago

      This is about Antarctica, the SOUTH pole, even souther than Alabama, hon. Not Alaska way up north.

      • Xanthrax
        11•1 year ago

        More just making an observation about cold and isolated places. Also the whole long days/ nights thing. Helps put it into perspective for Americans.