Abstract

HERNANDEZ HERRERA, Claudia Alejandra. Women on alert for gender violence in public spaces. Comparison of three public higher education schools in Mexico. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.23, e057.  Epub July 25, 2022. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v12i23.1098.

Street sexual harassment is a type of gender violence that highlights inequalities between women and men, and male domination in public spaces. The low sense of insecurity, coupled with insufficient trust in reporting processes and impunity, keeps women and girls in constant fear in public spaces, and blocks their right to mobility and well-being. The objective of this article is to study the perceptions of university students regarding severe manifestations and sexual harassment behaviors that generate fear and insecurity, in order to identify the scenarios of gender violence that female students face. It is a quantitative cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 1,656 female students from three public higher education schools in Mexico. It was found that there is a constant identification of harassers and sexual harassers in universities. Some factors experienced by female university students who have been victims of severe behaviors that put them at risk were identified, as well as factors in common among young women that reinforce their avoidance strategies. It is concluded that it is necessary the intervention of governments and universities with affirmative actions, and with police forces sensitive to the gender perspective, within the framework of the declarations of alerts of gender violence against women.

Keywords : harassers and sexual harassers; sexual harassment; public spaces; women; gender violence.

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