Street Sexual Harassment, Public Space, and Cartography: Riberas del Bravo, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Acoso sexual callejero, espacio público y cartografía: Riberas del Bravo, Ciudad Juárez, México Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • The present study explores street sexual harassment in the Riberas del Bravo case, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Riberas del Bravo is one of the areas with the highest incidence of sexual violence in the Chihuahua State. We worked with seven women who live in the area and travel alone to different places of work, school and recreation. Core densities were used as a cartographic tool to identify the spaces represented by the participants as dangerous and of incidence of sexual street harassment, as well as existing equipment. Based on this, and the construction of theoretical categories of urban sociology, gender studies and territorial perspective, we found that spaces close to the home, semi-walled vacant lots, and convenience stores have the highest incidence of events such as sexual comments and persecution. The frequency ranges from often to very often, with Thursdays and weekends at night being times of higher incidence. The main reaction of the victims is to walk quickly and avoid confrontation. Therefore, harassment reconfigures women¿s public spatial interaction and generates segregation in scales of differentiation of spatial use. © 2024, Universidad de Chile. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • January 1, 2024