Violent mobilities: men, masculinities and road conflicts in Sweden

Dag Balkmar

Mobilities, 2018, vol. 13, issue 5, 717-732

Abstract: This article focuses on violence(s) in traffic space as a gendered problem. It draws upon qualitative online studies and interviews with cyclists about their experiences of motorists’ violent practices, including cyclists’ negotiations of anti-cyclist discourses and their coping strategies. It is argued that automobility makes it possible for certain men to perform their ‘right to the road,’ including gender-identity-shaping practices, and that this has the negative effect of violating cyclists’ bodily integrity. It follows that a shift from cars to more sustainable mobilities also demands related shifts in masculinities and men’s practices in the context of transport and traffic.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2018.1500096

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