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Description of  Men's Intrusion, Women's Embodiment: A critical analysis of street harassment (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

Research on violence against women tends to focus on topics such as sexual assault and intimate partner violence, arguably to the detriment of investigating mens violence and intrusion in womens everyday lives. The reality and possibility of the routine intrusions women experience from men in public space from unwanted comments, to flashing, following and frottage are frequently unaddressed in research, as well as in theoretical and policy-based responses to violence against women. Often at their height during womens adolescence, such practices are commonly dismissed as trivial, relatively harmless expressions of free speech too subjective to be legislated against. Read more