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.

  • Colorcodedresistor
    28146·
    10 months ago

    But that narrative doesn’t support the anti gun ideology. they want everyone disarmed so the strong can once again shuffle the weak in any direction they choose. it makes them so mad that they have to think twice about sexual assault or else they get blown away. its like a condom, those convincing you that you don’t need one, means you really really need one.

    edit: so mad 😎

    triple digit mad lets fucking Goooooo! 🤣

    Your downvotes mean you like women undefended and unprotected. that’s kinda sorta a bunch fucked up. please find peace in your lives where you aren’t afraid of guns because you just want to rape unopposed.

    what’s the slow down? Let’s hit 4 digi mad!

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      3315·
      10 months ago

      Oh yes, how they shuffle the weak in the UK and Australia. Just weak people being shuffled around by the strong all over the place.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          2616·
          10 months ago

          I’m really trying to use the UK and Australia as places where people have as much freedom as they do in the US but no guns. Or do you think they’re totalitarian police states or something?

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              2316·
              10 months ago

              Maybe instead of arming women to stop men from raping them, we start teaching our men that masculinity does not equal sex and sex does not equal power?

              • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
                31·
                10 months ago

                We do teach that. Men (and women) who rape know raping is wrong and still do it anyway.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  22·
                  10 months ago

                  You didn’t read what I wrote. You need to do more than teach that rape is wrong. You need to divorce sex from both masculinity and power.

                  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
                    2·
                    10 months ago

                    That will do nothing. People who get off on it aren’t going to suddenly not get off on it because you repeat a bunch of words to them. There’s never been a moment in history where rape hasn’t been desired for by a percentage of the population, and unless you’ve implemented some sort of Equalibrium-type society where everyone is force-fed regular injections that keep them compliant, it’s not happening.

                    Don’t get me wrong, teaching works for most people, but not all. It’s not going to be eliminated by talking theory at them that forcing someone to submit to them sexual no longer means power.

            • dangblingus@lemmy.world
              1311·
              10 months ago

              Rape doesn’t occur by strangers. Statistically speaking, it’s a family member raping a family member. Or it’s a close acquaintance. Staying strapped at all times to prevent SA isn’t reasonable.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      10 months ago

      Your downvotes mean you like women undefended and unprotected. that’s kinda sorta a bunch fucked up.

      guns are much more likely to be used to commit sexual violence than stop sexual violence. this entire premise is fucked up.

      https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/arms-control/gun-violence/

      https://jaapl.org/content/early/2020/02/05/JAAPL.003929-20

      https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/policy-areas/who-can-have-a-gun/domestic-violence-firearms/

      https://www.americanprogress.org/article/guns-and-violence-against-women/

      The impact of gun violence against women goes beyond fatal encounters. A 2016 study found that nearly 1 million women alive at that time had been shot by an intimate partner, and 4.5 million women had been threatened with a firearm.4 Firearms have long been used as a tool of power and control to instill fear and inflict abuse on women—with women of color, people in the LGBTQ community, and women with disabilities being disproportionately affected.5

      https://everytownresearch.org/report/guns-and-violence-against-women-americas-uniquely-lethal-intimate-partner-violence-problem/

      I get that you think you’re some righteous crusader for women’s safety but the more guns solution hasn’t worked - there are more guns than people in the US; how many more guns do we need until you admit your hypothesis is wrong? What’s the number, 500 million?

      20 per person? Keep in mind, the more guns there are in the population, the more domestic abusers will use them to intimidate and violate their victims. So when do we get to safety through guns?

      Make it make sense.

      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
        41·
        10 months ago

        I’m not surprised by this but it makes me wonder how many women in these instances had a gun on them. Are men more likely to have a gun than the woman? You seem more familiar with the topic than I. Is that stated in any of the articles?

        • 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…

            • 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.

        • uis@lemmy.world
          11·
          10 months ago

          Uhhh, please clarify. How to make nature kill and why you say you are ill?

          • soursugar
            176·
            10 months ago

            And making his way into the ring, weighing a steady 350 pounds after training on Stardew Valley, vegan Oreos and Mountain Dew, it’s The Agenda Pusher!

            Here to derail any meaningful conversation on any topic and make it all about his pet political issue, he’ll topple you with his signature move, The Forum Slide, where in one post he’ll turn any discussion into a shit-flinging flame war where everyone will forget what they were originally talking about in the first place!

            cue theme music

            cue applause

                • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
                  714·
                  10 months ago

                  All those school knifings where 15 children leave in body bags – they’re just swept under the rug by the mAiNsTrEaM mEDiA

                  And don’t you cite the like one or two of those that have ever happened back in 1931. We both know that psychopaths love the idea of killing a dozen people in a few seconds and the only way to do that is with guns or explosives.

            • dangblingus@lemmy.world
              1116·
              10 months ago

              2A propaganda. “Anti Gun Ideology”? That’s not something being discussed anywhere in the US. There is no anti-gun ideology. Some people just want it to be harder for criminals and mental health patients to acquire full auto rifles. Generally the 2nd amendment chest beaters only come out after mass shootings, of which there were like 3 this past weekend. So while you didn’t mention dead kids, that is the general outcome of Republican obstructionism on all issues related to 2A.

    • soursugar
      1412·
      10 months ago

      edit: so mad 😎

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

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        10 months 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.

    • zefiax@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 months ago

      Your downvotes mean you like women undefended and unprotected. that’s kinda sorta a bunch fucked up. please find peace in your lives where you aren’t afraid of guns because you just want to rape unopposed.

      LOL. no, it doesnt.

    • Slotos@feddit.nl
      1113·
      10 months ago

      She specifically said “training”, which on its own immediately goes against whatever insane ideology you’re selling.