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Abstract
Dont walk alone: The effect of the widely accepted behavior of street harassment on women’s mobility
Sarah Hughes, School of Humanities and Life Sciences. Mentor: Bonnie Boaz
ABSTRACT
Women are continuously exposed to street harassment in their daily lives, however this issue lacks the recognition that it deserves as a societal problem. This paper explores to what extent men control public space and the effect that street harassment has on women both psychologically and physically. Data has been collected from scholarly articles as well as published studies. Unfortunately the research finds that society accepts the mistreatment of women through street harassment as a social norm due to the presence of male dominated institutions. Consequently women are forced to alter their behavior in order to accommodate the ideal of a male dominated public space. Women also face a diminished sense of self worth when exposed to continual harassment in public. In order to address the issue of street harassment society needs to develop a vocabulary to describe instances of street harassment in order to shed light on an issue that lacks recognition.
Publication Date
2015
Current Academic Year
Freshman
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
Bonnie Boaz
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