Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students
Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students
Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students
Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station.
A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a professor and three young graduate students, and he remained there for a full week after a warrant for his arrest was issued, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station, which his lawyer said was nothing more than “horseplay.” The case is due to go to trial Monday in Honolulu.
WTF?
And after that story broke the National Science Foundation's response was to stop selling liquor at McMurdo Station. 🙄
https://www.al.com/news/2023/09/us-workers-in-antarctica-can-no-longer-buy-alcohol-at-bases-2-bars-after-sexual-misconduct-claims.html
Fuck a hammer, I’ll take something in God’s caliber any fucking day. A battle of strength is just not worth it especially in this kind of situation (strong experienced and persistent threat, limited protection resources available).
Yeah nah, if nobody got me I know John Moses Browning got me
Why was she afraid 'the man' was going to kill her?
It's pretty normal when you have a small pool of qualified individuals. Some men will take advantage of women and management will brush it under the rug because they need those men to do their jobs. There aren't any replacements without increasing payment.
So the women are basically unwitting whores being pimped as party favors to keep the men there? Sheesh I can think of so many better ways to fix that...
I'm always surprised when people are surprised but then I remember this stuff is largely invisible to approximately half the population.
Here's the investigation referenced: Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers