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Stop street harassment : making public places safe and welcoming for women /
Street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality, it causes women to feel unsafe in public, at least sometimes. To achieve true gender equality, it must come to an end. Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women draws on academic studies, informal s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality, it causes women to feel unsafe in public, at least sometimes. To achieve true gender equality, it must come to an end. Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women draws on academic studies, informal surveys, news articles, and interviews with activists to explore the practice's definition and prevalence, the societal contexts in which it occurs, and the role of factors such as race and sexual orientation. Perhaps more crucially, the book makes clear how women experience street harassmentÑhow the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 236 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313384974 0313384975 1282695940 9781282695948 9786612695940 6612695943 |