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The present paper discusses the role of cabs and the presence of other men in the cab in manufacturing respectability for the unmarried women agents of call centers in India. The night shift, an intrinsic part of work, at call centers in India demands mobility and access to public space during nights for its women employees. The paper elaborates how the relation between gender and space is evolving in the backdrop of the presence of someone trusted, through a shift from private patriarchy to public patriarchy for the women agents while accessing the public space. The paper is based on a total of sixty-one qualitative interviews conducted with unmarried women call center employees and parents based in Gurgaon, India.
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Tara, S., Vigneswara Ilavarasan, P. Cabs, male drivers and midnight commuting: manufacturing respectability of the unmarried women agents of call centers in India. AI & Soc 27, 157–163 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-011-0328-4
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