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What implications does being a man or a woman have in public spaces?

This Monday the case of a woman who was sexually assaulted by two men in a car was made public, using the vehicle as a facilitator of the crime to completely isolate the victim from anyone who could help her.

The girl had not locked the vehicle and the two boys took advantage of it to get in, one in the passenger seat and the other in the back seat, and attacked the young woman. As the girl explained, the boy who sat next to her was the one who touched her several times.

Luckily, at the time of the events several people were walking in the area and the girl was able to call for help. At that moment, the two young men managed to flee the scene.

At P(A)T we believe that the concept of road violence should also be extended to this type of violence. It should include all violence where the private vehicle is used as a weapon (e.g. a hit-and-run), as a facilitator of another crime (e.g. harassment) and as a place of crime (e.g. assault). There is no data or research about the extent of this violence. That is why we need the knowledge and experience that each person has to understand the scope of road violence and, thus, be able to confront it.

To achieve this objective, at P(A)T we have developed a brief survey so that you can share your experiences and together we can frame violence on streets and highways in its full extent.