Utopies féministes et expérimentations urbaines
|Première partie. Pratiques sexuées des lieux
The woman-made city feminist utopia or practical possibility?
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INTRODUCTION
In most West European countries, more women than men live in cities, yet cities are largely man-made. Although, they can be emancipating for women offering many advantages in terms of educational and job opportunities, access to cultural facilities and greater freedom from social control, cities also reflect the unequal power relations in society in relation to gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and ability. Even if the number of women politicians, administrators, planners and architects is increasing, ‘male’ norms still guide the planning and functioning of cities, often shaping places/spaces in ways that are negative for women and others who deviate from the white, heterosexual, able bodied, male norm. This is not just in terms of the physical structure of the city where such things as zoning into different land uses for living, working, shopping and so on result in tiring backwards and forwards journeys, for example, between childcare facilities/school, work, shops a...
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