Fighting back
Defining a Market for Women's Safety
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4367302 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Sim Gill (0000-0003-3464-3090, University of Pennsylvania, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-04-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647001251323604 |
| OpenAlex | W4409404955 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 25 |
Narratives of violence and resilience weave through the fabric of our collective consciousness of womanhood, echoing in the stories of friends, family, and public figures alike. These intimate and distant accounts often serve as stark reminders of the persistent dangers shadowing women's passage through both public and private spaces. Drawing on Brian Massumi's concept of affective facts and Sara Ahmed's understanding of affect theory, this article contends that the circulation of fear-laden media not only shapes consumer demand but sustains societal conditions that render fear an essential aspect of femininity. I explore how this pervasive fear fuels the creation of what I term the 'market for women's safety,' a commercial sphere where ordinary feminine objects are transfigured into instruments of defence. In this marketplace, items like lipstick tasers and glittering keychain alarms transcend their practical function, embodying both protection and the aesthetics of empowerment. These products fortify the body and the psyche, cultivating a fragile resilience in environments fraught with risk. Grounded in the lived experiences of sellers, this article reveals how the market's reliance on fear reflects and reproduces the anxieties of those who sustain it. Vendors, often women themselves, straddle the spaces of entrepreneurship and activism, transforming personal apprehension into commercial ventures. Fear, far from repelling, becomes a powerful force, reshaping women's relationship to safety, vulnerability, and the fragile pursuit of self-determination
Sociology · Canadian Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
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Interviews in Qualitative Research
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The Evolution of Affect Theory
Violence and Sex Work in Britain
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We were feminists once
Believability
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Real Knockouts
Gender Roles and Cultural Continuity in the Asian Indian Immigrant Community in the U.S
Backlash
Empowered
Victimhood
Ways of Worldmaking
Affective Economies
Masculinities and Globalization
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| Altamente citado | No |