Men’s Stranger Intrusions: Rethinking street harassment

Vera-Gray, F.

Abstract

Women's experiences of intrusive men in public space, popularly termed ‘street harassment’, are the most understudied yet commonly experienced forms of violence against women. Despite acknowledgement of its importance, an explicit debate on naming – with an exploration of how language creates both openings and restrictions of what can be said – is yet to be had in the literature. This paper begins this conversation, detailing the benefits and challenges in current terminology, and exploring the possibilities of reframing the most common dynamic in street harassment as men's stranger intrusions on women in public space.

Citation

Vera-Gray, F. (2016). Men’s Stranger Intrusions: Rethinking street harassment. Women's Studies International Forum, 58, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2016.04.001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 21, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jun 10, 2016
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 28, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 10, 2018
• Journal: Women's Studies International Forum
• Print ISSN: 0277-5395
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 9-17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2016.04.001