The main argument that Mona Domosh and Joni Seager make in their chapter, "On the Move", is that the restrictions society, the government, and companies put on mobility is a direct result of an attempt at social control. Often times, this social control means exerting power of mobility over of the handicapped, the underprivileged, and women.
The power of mobility over handicapped individuals is one of the more obvious forms of social control. People that depend on wheelchairs, crutches, or canes to get around are challenged daily by small obstacles that non-handicapped people do not have to deal with.
[...] Analysis of the Move': Mona Domosh and Joni Seager The main argument that Mona Domosh and Joni Seager make in their chapter, the is that the restrictions society, the government, and companies put on mobility is a direct result of an attempt at social control. Often times, this social control means exerting power of mobility over of the handicapped, the underprivileged, and women. The power of mobility over handicapped individuals is one of the more obvious forms of social control. [...]
[...] There have been many restrictions placed on women's mobility throughout history in order to keep them from moving through space freely, from physically enduring restrictions, such as foot binding and tight corsets, to legislative restrictions, such as women not being allowed to drive cars. Violence against women is usually guaranteed to confine women to the home and to marriage. According to Domosh and Seager, “Violence is one of the most common and powerful tools to sustain particular sexual, family, and household structures and to keep women spatially restricted to them” (117). Due to the violence against women inside and outside of the home, many women feel that they are in danger at certain times of the day, especially late at night. [...]
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