Gender and Perceptions of Danger

By M. Harris, Kari Miller. 2000

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Gender Differences in Wayfinding Strategies and Anxiety About Wayfinding: A Cross-Cultural Comparison (2002, background): “Previous researchers have suggested several factors that might contribute to this perception: the socialization of dependency and fearfulness in women; the assumption that women, being smaller and less strong on the average than men, are less capable of self-defense; and the more serious threat of s”
Men's stranger intrusions: Rethinking street harassment (2016, background): “…of ‘street harassment’ to the wider literature on women’s fear of crime and explicitly the fear of rape (Ferraro, 1996; Gardner, 1990; 1995; Hall, 1985; Hanmer & Saunders, 1984; Harris & Miller, 2000; Madriz, 1997; Poropat, 1992; Scott, 2003; Stanko, 1990; 1992; 1993b; Warr, 1984; 1985; 1990).”
Sex Differences in Stalking and Obsessive Relational Intrusion: Two Meta-Analyses (2010, background): “…that, all things being equal, women would tend to fi nd unwanted pursuit more threatening or dangerous than men (Harris & Knight-Bohnhoff, 1996; Harris & Miller, 2000) and would therefore be more inclined to attribute stalking and stalking victimization to such pursuit behavior (Tjaden,…”
Everyday Stranger Harassment and Women’s Objectification (2008, background): “Research on sex differences in perception of danger and fear of victimization, such as murder or robbery, consistently illustrate that women are more fearful than men, although men are much more likely to be victims of crime than women (Ferraro, 1996; Harris & Miller, 2000).”
Confrontation and loss of control: Masculinity and men's fear in public space (2003, background): “And yet, American men are more likely than women to be victims of crimes in public space (Baumer, 1978; DuBow, McCabe, & Kaplan, 1979; Harris & Miller, 2000).”