An autoethnography of respectful tourism: the double-bind of a female traveller in Morocco

Stephens, Siân ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1293-8181 (2020) An autoethnography of respectful tourism: the double-bind of a female traveller in Morocco. In: Tourism and gender-based violence: challenging inequalities. Vizcaino, Paola, Jeffrey, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9097-6928 and Eger, Claudia, eds. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 128-139. ISBN 9781789243215, e-ISBN 9781789243222, e-ISBN 9781789243239. [Book Section] (doi:10.1079/9781789243215.0128)

Abstract

In this chapter, I present an autoethnography of a trip I took to Marrakech in Morocco, where despite my efforts to ‘follow the rules’ (e.g. dress conservatively, ignore unwanted attention, be courteous and polite), I was continually met with sexual harassment whenever I was visible as an unaccompanied woman in public. I use this experience to reflect on two conflicting values I held: the value of cultural tolerance and the value of gender equality and on the double-bind within which female travellers often find themselves.

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