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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    men will apparently just be men.

    this thinking removes the sexual harasser’s & rapist’s responsibility for their actions and moves it to their gender/DNA.

    When criminal conduct is enabled, crime will escalate.

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        Yes! It absolves men of their responsibility to make their society/community safe and it ensures that if they become a problem then other men will not stop them.