Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
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.
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They won't stop serving alcohol because it would make the jobs unappealing... Maybe they shouldn't want the kind of employees that find deployment appealing only if alcohol is available, but that might just be me 🤷
I mean, alcohol is something I like, regardless of where I live. Why should Antarctica suddenly make me stop liking beer?
Because they have the proof that allowing people isolated in a small group for extended periods of time to drink alcohol leads to issues including violence and sexual crimes.
If you like alcohol so much that you wouldn't consider going to work in a "dry town" then chances are that you will end up being exactly the kind of person they don't need to have living at the research station.
That's conjecture.
Did you even read the article?
They know alcohol causes issues and they say so themselves, they don't ban it because it would be harder to hire staff, they don't mind the bad consequences including rapes.
That's a load of bullshit and dry towns and communities already exist for the exact same reasons, they just don't care about people's safety. That wouldn't be asking people to stop liking alcohol, that would be asking them to give it up temporarily and if you're unable to consider doing that then I've got bad news about your relationship with it.
Anyway, it's not as if it was the only thing people going there have to give up on and it's not as if you were ever going to work there.
But hey, keep fighting the good fight buddy! 👍
You are making some logical leaps. Just because certain rapists like alcohol does not mean everyone who likes alcohol is a rapist.
Never said so, but when you're in an isolated community and you know X causes major issues for a minority you adapt to the weakest links in the chain if X is non essential. Like alcohol.
What percentage of people who drink engage in rapey behavior?
How many rape victims are enough to take the easiest preventive measures?
All drunk people don't cause trouble, all people who cause trouble are drunk... What's the next step then?
I was just asking if you knew the magnitude of the situation.
all people who cause trouble are drunk
Is this true? And if so, how many?
How many rape victims are enough to take the easiest preventive measures?
Well, if one drunk person out of 100 engages in rape once, do you think that's reason enough to ban alcohol for the other 99?
If 10 sober people do it, should we ban sobriety?
That's why I'm asking you if you know the magnitude of the situation. If you don't that's okay. Just say you don't know the answer and move on.
It's based is what it is
Who else would like to live in Antarctica tho?
As someone who drinks, living in a temperate climate, I imagine the desire for alcohol would go up in a cold region.
As someone from Wisconsin you would be correct
I'm sure they're able to find tons of sober candidates and from what we can read in that story, they would probably have more women candidates if it became a "dry town", especially for a second round living there as I'm sure none of them want to go twice unless it's as a couple.
