An exploratory study of gendered differences in young tourists perception of danger within London

✍ Scribed by Neil Carr

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 103 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0261-5177
• DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5177(01)00014-0

✦ Synopsis

This paper studies young tourists' perception of danger within the urban holiday environment of London, England. The study of perceived danger is important not only in its own right, but also because of the in#uence it may have on use of leisure spaces and times. This research assesses gender and group composition di!erences in perception of danger, addressing the relatively neglected issues of men's perception and the relationship between the genders. For the purpose of this paper &danger' was assessed by studying how safe, relaxed, vulnerable, threatened, and at risk people felt while in London. The study found a number of similarities and di!erences between the men and women studied, in terms of how they perceived danger and their group composition during the day and nighttime. These results indicate that gender may not be the only in#uence on perception and behaviour, and that men and women should not be regarded as homogenous cohorts.