You gotta fight for your right(s): street harassment and its relationship to gendered violence, civil society , and gendered negotiations

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This Thesis explores particular dimensions of street harassment against women inCairo, Egypt investigated in three ways:Paying attention to how gender, race and class intersect, I found Egyptian andforeign women utilize various strategies in order to cope with street harassment suchas verbal silence, modifications their bodily movements and appropriated styles ofdress which in turn strives to maintain a sort of mobile private space that maintainstheir respectability. However, paying attention to the discontinuities found withinnormative ideas of gender, I argue that women at times transgress the boundaries of itand fight back to the harassment they unwillingly receive by employing violence andclass-motivated forms of protectionism.Secondly, I explored the relationship between street harassment andmasculinity. I identify how social constructs of gender in Egyptian society are used toreinforce and at times encourage particular behaviors among men and women. Thosenotions normalize violent behaviors of men unto women and restate an ideal women'ssubjectivity to simultaneously remain silent and honorable. Arguably, streetharassment against women is a form of violence, which, enacted by men serves toreinforce notions of a hegemonic masculinity. I like others, argue that thepreoccupation with women's bodies in and outside of the Middle East, de-limits boththeir rightful access to public space and to safety. Lastly, I examined civil society's role in particular feminist desires of space.Focusing on an Egyptian NGO, The Egyptian Center for Womenâ s Rights-ECWR, Iexamined their relationship to the Egyptian state and their role in aligning themselveswith particular Western feminist ideals. I grapple with their overarching platform ofnaming harassment, 'Sexual Harassment.' I maintain that although they championwomen's rights, they must be careful in how they construct particular terminologies. Iargue that the problem needs to be understood and tackled in cultural-specific termsdesigned by Egyptian women themselves. If not done carefully, we fall into thetheoretical trap of representational politics of non-Western women and Egyptiansociety will continue to be split in believing that harassment is a problem worthsolving

روابط وملفات

التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

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رقم العقد

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نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

نوع الملف

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أسماء الملفات

873252_1.pdf

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ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

You gotta fight for your right(s): street harassment and its relationship to gendered violence, civil society , and gendered negotiations

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

كلمات الباحثين

Anthropology, ArtsIn Sociology-Anthropology, Psychology

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Helen Rizzo

الإعداد

Nadia Ilahi

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية