Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station.

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.

    • snooggums@kbin.social
      39·
      8 months ago

      Sometimes I wonder how the church got away with just shuffling abusers from place to place with no punishment and then the scientific community comes along to prove it is just a human social problem at the core and some organizations just make it easier than others.

      • stella@lemm.ee
        161·
        8 months ago

        It’s what happens when people aren’t easily replaceable. Some of them start to abuse their power.

      • girlfreddy
        827·
        8 months ago

        Saying it’s a human social problem is a bit of a misnomer tho, as throughout written history half of the humans (women) have not been in power, have not made the rules and have not been the enforcers of the rules.

        This is a man problem, not a human problem.

        • norbert@kbin.social
          223·
          8 months ago

          I’ll let the multiple women who’ve abused me know it’s a man problem and they’re good to go.

        • GoodbyeBlueMonday@startrek.websiteEnglish
          7·
          8 months ago

          Didn’t you just lay out why it is a social problem, though? Men are disproportionately abusing folks because they’re disproportionately in power.

          Clearly testosterone plays a major role in causing aggressive behavior, and men tend to have more testosterone, but that also isn’t a clear-cut division between groups, and folks with lower testosterone can certainly still be aggressive monsters. Oversimplifying the problem isn’t going to fix things.

          • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
            6·
            8 months ago

            Your username reminded me of the Star Trek TNG episode with the planet run by women. Men are smaller and more subservient. Basically the women in power have all the negative egotistical traits that men are stereotyped with in our society. Riker is sexually coerced (but he enjoys it of course).

            In our society, men have these issues. But women are not immune.

          • JoBo@feddit.uk
            21·
            8 months ago

            Is it testosterone? Or is it greater upper body strength and less fragile necks?