Sexual harassment and the right to everyday life

Freedom from harassment is a basic human right and precondition to mental physical health. While sexual has become higher-profile issue in recent years across range of cultural contexts, including through the global rise # MeToo movement Everyday Sexism project, this also attracted attention policymakers at highest levels, leading, UK, Parliamentary Inquiry 2018 on public places, briefing paper higher education House Commons 2018. All these highlight urgent need for both deeper understanding change issue. Meanwhile, constitutes an important area academic inquiry wide scholarly fields psychology, sociology, women’s studies, criminology, law social policy as well geography. This article critically reviews key trends scholarship public. It focuses spatial contexts street, night-time economy institutions. A fundamental question justice, I argue that can be approached three conceptual lenses: relational emergence bodies; politics everyday practice; ways affects atmospheres they generate shape experience. geographers have vital role play advancing knowledge issue, conclude by outlining research agenda tracing outlines along which work might unfold.