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What Radicalized You, James Lindsay?

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The Father of Modern Geology Comes In

The first all-women scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1969 was described as an incursion of females into the largest male sanctuary remaining on the planet. When women did begin working in Antarctica, media commentary and reporting often portray them as, quote, girls who were, quote, invading male terrains. The British were especially slow to support female scientists in Antarctica until the early 1980s and finally allowed women to join summer expeditions.

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