Concept developmemt:
Lines of desire: concepts
1) tracks created by footfall rather than by design. These are tracks created by people through a space because the designed tracks don't work for them
2) Heels worn as felt desirable rather than being practical for running away from predators.
3) Women wearing what they find attractive without fear for their own personal safety. Not having to consider their footwear for fear they will need to run for their lives.
4) freedom to roam wherever they want to without restriction. Wandering freely into areas not designed for them, but by men to benefit men. Entering male-centered territory just because they want to. Gaining access. No exits/entrances blocked.
5) Adorning themselves for their own pleasure rather than to elicit the male gaze (and potential comodification). Feeling beautiful in soft fabrics. Loving their own bodies. Feeling safe.
Context : systems within systems - disjointed attitudes beliefs, values and behaviour...
1. Consumerist society
2. Patriarchal systems - Designed by men to benefit men
3. Misogyntic attitudes - hatred of women due to poor early caregivers / early intimate relationship experience / misogynistic fathers / influence of patriarchal systems etc and holding a fear of the loss of power and status.
4. Dehumanisation of women
5. Commodification of women
6. Consumption of women for labour/status as commodities.
7. Coercive control as a process of taking control of women (psychological control)
8. Preemptive step towards physical violence
9. Violence against women in EU and worldwide.
10. Womens independence- property ownership, earning potential, choice in caring responsibilities etc
11. male loneliness epidemic
12. Male suicide rates
13. Women needing equality
14. New generations of men wanting equality, partnership and mutual respect regardless of the lack of positive role models. Older generations willing and able to adjust to a changing relational landscape…
