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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
Volume 18, 2011 - Issue 2
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‘The guys in there just expect to be laid’: embodied and gendered socio-spatial practices of a ‘night out’ in Wollongong, Australia

‘Los hombres ahí dentro sólo esperan acostarse con alguien’: prácticas socioespaciales encarnadas y generizadas de una salida nocturna en Wollongong, Australia

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Pages 255-275 | Published online: 07 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

This article investigates intersections of sexuality, sex, femininities, and alcohol. The concept of spatially-situated subjectivity is deployed to examine how women negotiate their femininities and sexualities in and through spaces of a ‘night out’. A mixed methods approach was deployed with young, single, white women in Wollongong, Australia. Drawing on narrative analysis, our research suggests the paradoxical qualities of pub spaces. We argue that where and why women drink is an outcome of negotiations, transgressions and accommodations as they reconcile a sense of self with(in) the gendered and heterosexed socio-spatial practice of particular pubs. In practical terms, corporeal femininities provide effective advice for ameliorating risks of regular intoxication.

Este artículo investiga las intersecciones de la sexualidad, el sexo, las feminidades, y el alcohol. Se utiliza el concepto de subjetividad espacialmente situada para examinar cómo las mujeres negocian sus feminidades y sexualidades en los espacios de la salida nocturna y a través de éstos. Se utilizó un enfoque de métodos mixtos con mujeres jóvenes, solteras y blancas en Wollongong, Australia. Basada en un análisis narrativo, nuestra investigación sugiere las cualidades paradójicas de los espacios del pub. Sostenemos que el dónde y el por qué las mujeres beben es resultado de negociaciones, transgresiones y arreglos a medida que ellas reconcilian un sentido de ellas mismas con (y dentro de) la práctica socioespacial generizada y heterosexuada de cada pub en particular. En términos prácticos, las feminidades corpóreas proveen un consejo efectivo para disminuir los riesgos de la intoxicación regular.

Acknowledgements

This article is dedicated to all the young women who participated in the project ‘Going-out in Wollongong’. We are grateful for the thoughtful comments offered by three anonymous referees, Melissa Gregg, Chris Stapel and from seminars presented at the University of Waikato and University of Sydney.

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