Rhythms, sociabilities and transience of sexual harassment in transport: mobilities perspectives of the London underground

Lewis, Sian; Saukko, Paula; Lumsden, Karen

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2020.1734540

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“…These are core symptoms of many anxiety disorders (Plummer, Manea, Trepel, & McMillan, 2016 ), which are captured by our anxiety outcome measure (GAD-7). In addition to worry regarding the reliability of public transport, anxiety could grow from an increased risk of assault and harassment resultant from fewer bystanders accessing this method of transportation (Lewis, 2018 ). Considering that mitigation strategies in the COVID era have involved significantly reducing the volume of passengers, the number of routes, and the means of transport available (Iacus, Natale, Santamaria, Spyratos, & Vespe, 2020 ), closures of these systems can work to generate excessive anxiety and worry (Kim & Gustafson-Pearce, 2016 ).…”

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Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression

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Background COVID-19 physical distancing measures can potentially increase the likelihood of mental disorders. It is unknown whether these measures are associated with depression and anxiety. Objectives To investigate meta-analytic global levels of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the implementation of mitigation strategies (i.e. public transportation closures, stay-at-home orders, etc.) impacted such disorders. Data sources PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, BIOSIS Citation Index, Current Content Connect, PsycINFO, CINAHL, medRxiv, and PsyArXiv databases for depression and anxiety prevalences; Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker for the containment and closure policies indexes; Global Burden of Disease Study for previous levels of depression and anxiety. Study eligibility criteria Original studies conducted during COVID-19 pandemic, which assessed categorical depression and anxiety, using PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales (cutoff ⩾10). Participants and interventions General population, healthcare providers, students, and patients. National physical distancing measures. Study appraisal and synthesis methods Meta-analysis and meta-regression. Results In total, 226 638 individuals were assessed within the 60 included studies. Global prevalence of both depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic was 24.0% and 21.3%, respectively. There were differences in the prevalence of both anxiety and depression reported across regions and countries. Asia (17.6% and 17.9%), and China (16.2% and 15.5%) especially, had the lowest prevalence of both disorders. Regarding the impact of mitigation strategies on mental health, only public transportation closures increased the prevalence of anxiety, especially in Europe. Limitations Country-level data on physical distancing measures and previous anxiety/depression may not necessarily reflect local (i.e. city-specific) contexts. Conclusions and implications of key findings Mental health concerns should not be viewed only as a delayed consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also as a concurrent epidemic. Our data provide support for policy-makers to consider real-time enhanced mental health services, and increase initiatives to foster positive mental health outcomes.

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Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression

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“…All studies about sexual harassment unambiguously indicate that women are victimized at a much higher level than men (e.g., Gekoski et al, 2015;S. Lewis et al, 2020;Moreira & Ceccato, 2020;Orozco-Fontalvo et al, 2019).…”

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“…Many empirical studies indicate the occurrence of incidents of sexual harassment in transit environments (e.g., Ball & Wesson, 2017;Gardner et al, 2017;Halat et al, 2015;Hoor-Ul-Ain, 2020;Horii & Burgess, 2012;S. Lewis et al, 2020;Madan & Nalla, 2015;Natarajan et al, 2017;Neupane & Chesney-Lind, 2014;Orozco-Fontalvo et al, 2019;Tripathi et al, 2017).…”

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Fear of Sexual Harassment and Its Impact on Safety Perceptions in Transit Environments: A Global Perspective

Ceccato

Loukaitou‐Sideris

2021

Violence Against Women

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This study reports variation in safety perceptions in transit environments, based on samples of university students in 18 cities on six continents who responded to an identical 45-question survey ( N= 13,323 university students). We explore potential links between students’ fears and sexual victimization and conclude that sexual harassment affects their behavior and mobility. Student mobility was affected by avoidance strategies prompting some transit riders to travel at particular times, on travel routes and settings that are deemed especially risky, or even avoiding using transit completely. Findings highlight the importance of city–country contexts for transit safety.

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“…She identifies dominant forms of masculinity as central to the production of the urban space of the City, exemplified by men taking space, using the pavement as 'office corridors', carrying files and laptops and a sense of entitlement. The other side of the coin of the relentless speed of work and associated focus and purpose she identifies is fear of a break in this rhythm and exclusion through failure to maintain it (see also Lewis, Saukko, & Lumsden, 2020).…”

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“…However, whilst they foreground the constitution of place through mobility and rhythm, the chapters in this section highlight how mobilities arise from rhythms or conversely produce the rhythms of urban space (Hartmann Petersen, 2020). There is already a strong and fascinating strand of research on rhythm and mobility which considers a wide range of means and type of movementwalking, running, cycling and driving as well as travel by coach, rail, ferry and shipand the relationships between bodies and atmospheres, speed and slowness, and flesh and the material environment (Lewis et al, 2020). The chapters here all have an interest in the rhythm of the car but explore very different concerns: climate change, algorithms and light.…”

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Introduction: Rhythm, Rhythmanalysis and Urban Life

Lyon¹

2021

Rhythmanalysis

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I'm sitting on a train heading into London, lucky to get a window seat. It's a high-speed line and the green of the south east England countryside is a blur. This makes it hard to see the criss-crossing of tracks and roads, this infrastructure of commuting and economic development, that converge towards the city. I feel slightly nauseous if I look at something close to the line. Best to focus on the distance. The rhythms of train travel familiar to me from a childhood spent in the 1970s are my reference point, that 'chuggity-chug' motion of wheels on the track. Speed is relative, of course. Still, the singularity of the high-speed whoosh makes me want to hold my breath as the train tears into a tunnel under the River Thames and then bursts out into the capital. This is the part I like, as the rhythms of the city reveal themselves in turn. I notice the building sites of north east London, the flows or 'circuits' of capital and power that underpin the latest surge of construction. At Stratford International, the smooth turning of the escalators carries passengers from platforms carved deep into the ground up into the station and the nearby shopping centrethe rhythms of consumption are never far in the city. As the train pulls away again, I catch a glimpse of people grouped at bus stops or crossings, the rhythms of vehicles, diverse bodies and the fabric of the street intersecting with one another. After another stretch underground, we approach St Pancras and everything slows down. There's always a short wait ahead of the end of the line, a welcome pause. People meander along the canal path occasionally looking up at the new apartment blocks built within nineteenth century cast-iron gasholders, while longboats await repair and a small nature reserve is a hive of unseen activity against a backdrop of controversial regeneration. Suddenly we are in the station, this grand site of modernity. The train doors open and the crowd moves briefly en masse. Then the 'invisible ties' of the

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Rhythms, sociabilities and transience of sexual harassment in transport: mobilities perspectives of the London underground

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression

Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression

Fear of Sexual Harassment and Its Impact on Safety Perceptions in Transit Environments: A Global Perspective

Introduction: Rhythm, Rhythmanalysis and Urban Life

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