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.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    so if it’s human nature to murder, we should make sure more people have access to easily available tools with which to murder people?

    come on, you’re half way there…

    • ColorcodedResistor@lemm.ee
      1·
      10 months ago

      you are scared as hell about the world you live in and how cheap life truly is with the tools humans have created. i feel sorry for you .

      you are not the gun lorax you do not speak for the trees. you can die mad about it though. that’s not an insult. that’s a hard reality we both live in a world with guns. stop getting mad and actually achieve your goals with action. tell us how you plan to remove guns?

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        ignorant fuckwits like you assume people are scared when they disagree with arms being spread amongst the populace.

        Die mad? What’s got your panties in such a bunch lil dude?

        We both live in a world with Australia too. Read some fucking history you bellend.

        And points - big ones - for being so afraid of taking guns back that the solution to the mass murders occurring ALL THE FUCKING TIME NOW is - wait for it - MORE GUNS!

        Goddamn that’s stupid.

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            I could be upset about your face instead, I mean, it scares children ffs.

            I blame your parents tho, not you. You could wear a mask and save us all the horror but no one would expect you to be that enlightened.

            Trust me, no one has any expectations for you at all.

            But I get I hit a nerve, so now that you’re very irate, I’m going to block you. Have a terrible life.