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.
what is a justice system or an employer supposed to do with “claims”? I don’t doubt shitty things happened, but “claims” isn’t proof.
The obvious first thing is comparing stories from different people to see how consistent the accusations are and also to see if there’s anything that can be proven directly (such as recordings, or even things like contradictions within one side’s story, etc)