How young women in Ireland manage safety on a night out
23 September - 10 mins
Podcast Series
Moncrieff
The experience of a night out for men and women couldn't be more different. Men only need to know where they’re going and (sometimes) what to wear. Women need to be vigilant, considering their route home, checking their drinks and staying close to their friends. It’s so ingrained that if something bad does happen, it’s sometimes considered the woman’s fault for not being situationally aware...
Shannon Hughes Spence, PhD candidate at SETU and a Research Assistant at DCU has been conducting research on this, and joins Seán to discuss.