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.

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    Yup. If men as a group policed their own there would be a change. But as it stands they don’t seem to want to do that all the time because it’s easier to just let the bad ones slide through.

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      What’s there to police? It’s not like most aggressors are openly grabbing people in their genitals for all to see. These people know that they are wrong and so they hide it. What am I, as a man against this behaviour, supposed to do about other men?

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        When you hear men joke about what women they’re gonna try to f’k, let them know how shitty that is.

        When you hear men make sexist jokes, let them know how shitty that is.

        When you hear men talk about their wives as somehow less than, let them know how shitty that is.

        And if you ever think any of those things in your own mind, remind yourself how shitty that is.

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        I’m not sure what that’s supposed to mean in this context.

        Are you saying that since these were co-workers and not family members that means the woman is lying?

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      If men as a group policed their own there would be a change.

      This is actually a great idea! To make things simple perhaps we can give these policing men like… some form of identification, like a badge or a uniform so people know who to trust. This is the game changer we needed.