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Unwanted sexual attention in the Night Time Economy: behaviors, safety strategies and conceptualizing "feisty femininity"

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posted on 2019-07-03, 09:14 authored by C Gunby, A Carline, S Taylor, H Gosling
Almost nothing is known about “unwanted sexual attention” and women’s navigation of it when in bars and nightclubs. Using focus group discussions, this article addresses that gap. It develops knowledge of the behaviors that constitute unwanted, the safety strategies used to manage them, and examines how these practices underpin gender performance in night-time spaces: environments renowned for the dilemmas they pose to women. We then use these data to develop the concept “feisty femininity” to highlight a neglected form of femininity that overtly resists unwanted encounters. This femininity can arguably play a role in efforts aimed at ending gendered violence.

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Citation

Feminist Criminology, 2019, Volume: 15 issue: 1, page(s): 24-46

Author affiliation

/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Criminology

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Feminist Criminology

Volume

15

Issue

1

Pagination

24-46

Publisher

SAGE Publications (UK and US) for American Society of Criminology, Division on Women and Crime

issn

1557-0851

Acceptance date

2019-06-28

Copyright date

2019

Available date

2019-07-30

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en

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