From harassment to disappearance: Young women's feelings of insecurity in public spaces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are processes of gender socialization that increase the vulnerability of young women against a continuum of threats in the public space. This study explored the feeling of insecurity in public spaces among young women in a city located near the northern border of Mexico.

Methods and findings

This study was based on the tradition of grounded theory. Purposive sampling was used, and 24 group interviews were conducted with junior high school, high school and university students to understand the conditions that favour the emergence of the feeling of insecurity, its psychosocial consequences and management strategies. A computer-assisted qualitative analysis was performed using MAXQDA 18 software. The study showed that street harassment was manifested mainly as

SUBMITTER: Almanza Avendano AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9451059 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature