Essays about: "Catcalling"

Found 2 essays containing the word Catcalling.

1. 1. Catcalling – ‘It is not illegal’: a survey-based content analysis study regarding experiences of catcalling in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Emilie Naesgård; [2019]
   Keywords : Catcalling; Street harassment; Sexual harassment; Sweden; Swedish penal code; Law; Content analysis study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : An article written by the Swedish Government in 2018 outlines that they are working towards a more equal society and describes how they are conducting prevention work regarding men’s violence towards women. Although recently media has portrayed street harassment and catcalling as something that has become an increasing problem for young women in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Straight Línea : A phenomenological approach to women's response to piropos in contemporary Havana

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Agnes Ahlsén; [2017]
   Keywords : Piropos; Catcalling; Heterosexuality; Cuba; Havana; Injurious Speech; Queer phenomenology; Sexualised Space; Women s feelings;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates women's feelings on being subjected to piropos (catcalling) in their everyday lives. Through interviews with four Cuban women living in Havana, I analyse women's experiences of piropos through a phenomenological lens and through speech theory, investigating how norms surrounding sexualities and gender are materialised in and between language, bodies and spaces. READ MORE