Aditya Verma week 6

In the Article written by Tanusree Paul, she creates a distinction between the binary of public and private places. She explains the demographics of each space, one being masculine and the other feminine. She uses the example of the city of Edinburgh to show that even when women are seen in public, it may seem autonomous but their movements are defined by the fear of being victims of a crime, their behavior in the public space being self regulated and hyper aware of their surroundings. Even in a relatively safe city like Kolkata, they would not 'loiter' or be seen outside without a purpose.
In the article about Loitering, the authors create a similar distinction between public and private spaces. The city of Mumbai is used as a case study of the different ways in which men who loiter are seen as against women who seem to be loitering. Men who loiter are seen as members of the lower class and exist for the purpose of enforcement of certain dealings, powerless 'thugs' who are allowed to remain because they have the backing of another more powerful individual. Whereas women are seen as breaking social norms and existing outside the private space without a purpose.  the essay further goes on to explain why women should loiter to create a more inclusive citizenship and change social norms and to use loitering as a form of  protest against those who create the fear of a crime and destroy gender norms.