Gender and sex. How women and men are protected and controlled in geographical space

Where gender is concerned, anthropology has always taken more interest in the effects of divisions (private/ public) than of boundaries. Yet, with the advent of feminism and the subsequent politicising of sexuality, the social sciences were nevertheless coming to a turning point. Issues of two kinds gained increasing importance: those linked to the effects of transboundary movements and those concerned with the women and men of possibly dissimilar origins being brought into physical proximity. A concern then emerged over the establishment and gradual incorporation of globalised gender policing. Adapted from the source document.