Abstract

In 1996, the British Antarctic Survey opened Halley Research Station (Halley) to women researchers, thereby officially giving women equal access to all Antarctic bases. A main reason that Antarctic researchers insisted that women be excluded from British Antarctic research stations was fears that they would disrupt base cohesion. Through examining magazines produced by the men stationed at Signy and Halley, the author offers evidence that alongside this exclusion, the men developed a homosocial culture, using overt sexualisation of women to perform masculinity. Rather than becoming more respectful, many of the clipping from erotic magazines, references to prostitution, pornographic stories and jokes, and sexual fantasies became more explicit as the integration of women drew nearer. The print culture at British Antarctic research stations demonstrates social and cultural norms predicated on simultaneous objectification and exclusion of women.

摘要

1996年，英国南极调查局向女性研究人员开放了哈雷研究站（Halley），从而正式让女性平等地进入所有南极基地。南极研究人员坚持将女性排除在英国南极研究站之外的一个主要原因是担心她们会破坏基地的凝聚力。通过检查驻扎在西尼和哈雷的男性制作的杂志，作者提供的证据表明，除了这种排斥之外，男性还发展了一种同性恋文化，利用女性的公开性化来表现男性气质。色情杂志上的许多剪报、对卖淫、色情故事和笑话的提及以及性幻想并没有变得更加尊重，而是随着女性融合的临近而变得更加明确。