The article explores the instinctual safety measures women undertake when using transportation or navigating public spaces, especially at night. It emphasizes the heightened awareness women maintain—monitoring routes, sharing locations, adjusting travel patterns—due to the persistent threat of violence. These experiences reflect broader societal issues of safety concerning gender, race, and sexual orientation, illuminating the unspoken reality of vigilance that many marginalized communities face. The narrative seeks to create empathy and understanding around these prevalent yet often overlooked dynamics.
Every woman who has walked down a street after dark has at some stage taken a longer route to stay on more populated roads, removed their earphones or turned them off.
When a woman gets in a taxi at night, they are keeping a close eye on the route being taken, sharing their live location, messaging friends.
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