Oil rigs and rape . . .


I once heard they don't like to send 18 y.o. boys out on GoM oil rigs because the probability of male-on-male rape is around 90%.

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Don't be so stupid

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I don't know any stats (where'd you find them?) and I don't know that 18 is the magic age-but given an 18 year olds naivety, it could be a real possibility. Because they aren't on a submerged submarine or jail, for instance, for months on out... it's probably not as prevalent as most other places of concern.

I really would like to know if this is an issue and how bad it is.

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Here are some articles. I'm checking them out now. I'm a victims advocate and these things matter-one time is one too many.

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/inside-frackings-man-camps-where-sex-drugs-and-gonorrhea-run-rampant

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/09/28/dark-side-of-the-boom/

https://www.google.com/amp/grist.org/living/fracking-linked-to-rape-meth-addiction-and-stds/amp/?client=safari

http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/women-of-influence/9184422/What-its-like-to-work-on-an-all-male-oil-rig

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Yes because those all look like unbiased sources. Fracking leads to rape? Give me a break!

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No smoke without fire but lets exercise some information literacy here please

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Only when you're there, I guess.

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Some strange liberal fantasy thinking that construction camps and offshore rigs are full of rape... Work camps are mostly family men working shifts away from home and the whole time they are counting down the days until they get back home

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