'Bold Walk and Breakings': Women's spatial confidence versus fear of violence

Koskela, Hille

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“…Furthermore, women's fear and the negotiation of space are identified as 'ubiquitous' (Stanko 1997) and longitudinal, as 'a lifetime biography of subordination, social control and oppression' (Painer, 1992:179). Some of the strongest work on women's fear originates from feminist geography which explores the impact of fear on temporal and spatial movements and access to public space (Pain, 1991;Valentine, 1989Valentine, , 1992Koskela, 1997). For instance, Koskela (1997) notes how gender, power and fear play out as spatial: 'When some women, often voluntarily, take the longer route around a park, change to another side of the street or stay at home at night, it is a question of power in space or (lack of it)' (Koskela, 1997: 897).…”

Section: Women and Fear Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring gender and fear retrospectively: stories of women’s fear during the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ murders

Wattis

2017

Gender, Place & Culture

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Section: Women and Fear Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring gender and fear retrospectively: stories of women’s fear during the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ murders

Wattis

2017

Gender, Place & Culture

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“…Secondly, other identity positions are often ignored and gender is viewed as the primary factor shaping these experiences (Scraton and Watson, 1998;Skeggs, 1999;Pain, 2001). Some writers have challenged the notion of the fearful woman (Koskela, 1997;Gilchrist et al 1998;Starkweather, 2007). Koskela (1997) evidences women's courage and boldness and the variable ways in which fear and safety are experienced.…”

Section: Gender Space and Fearmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some writers have challenged the notion of the fearful woman (Koskela, 1997;Gilchrist et al 1998;Starkweather, 2007). Koskela (1997) evidences women's courage and boldness and the variable ways in which fear and safety are experienced. Although, in a later paper she reiterates fear as a definitive feature in women's lives and emphasises how this maps onto use of space (Koskela, 1999).…”

Section: Gender Space and Fearmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women students’ perceptions of crime and safety: negotiating fear and risk in an English post-industrial landscape

Wattis

Green

Radford

2011

Gender, Place & Culture

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CitationWattis, L., Green, E. E. and Radford, J. (2011) This paper explores safety concerns and fear of crime amongst women students attending university in a large town in the north-east of England. It acknowledges that gender as a social category is problematic; however, the paper is grounded in recognition of its significance in shaping experiences of fear, safety and space. The main aim is to explore how gender intersects with student identity/ies in a specific local context.The paper draws upon qualitative data from doctoral research which explored the crime and fear experiences of women students studying in a town bearing all of the hallmarks of industrial decline. It evidences powerful representations of place with respondents drawing heavily on the town's working-class culture and deindustrialisation in their reading of the locale. In addition, respondents linked the town unequivocally to crime and disorder, and identified the criminal threat as originating from local people. In this way, fears were frequently locally focused, linking to a fear of place and the risks associated with the student identity. This highlights that women's fears and spatial negotiation cannot be read exclusively in terms of gender -in this context they are frequently shaped by 'studenthood' and the dynamics of class and locality. At the same time however, the paper reveals how the local intersects with gender to shape experiences of space, fear and safety, as well as the transformative effects of ethnicity at its intersection with gender, locality and the student identity.Keywords: Identity; students; safety; fear; local context. IntroductionThis article explores women's fears as students in a post-industrial, urban locality where crime and disorder were highly visible features of the social landscape. It is underpinned by a recognition of the salience of gender 1 in shaping women's experiences of space, fear and safety. These themes have been covered extensively in feminist literature and research which focuses on how gender structures, sexual violence, harassment, ideology and discourses of victimisation perpetuate fears and render public space differential and problematic for women (Gordon et al.

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“…This led her to suggest that fear of violent crime may be linked to a lifetime accumulation of physical and sexual abuse (see also Koskela 1997). However, this is when the field of geography began to diverge from other fields concerned with sexual violence.…”

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Searching for safe space: the absent presence of childhood sexual abuse in human geography

Willis

Canavan

Prior

2015

Gender, Place & Culture

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'Bold Walk and Breakings': Women's spatial confidence versus fear of violence

Cited by 255 publications

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Exploring gender and fear retrospectively: stories of women’s fear during the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ murders

Exploring gender and fear retrospectively: stories of women’s fear during the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ murders

Women students’ perceptions of crime and safety: negotiating fear and risk in an English post-industrial landscape

Searching for safe space: the absent presence of childhood sexual abuse in human geography

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