At the same time, it is important to assert that risk should be a matter of choice and not thrust upon women through inadequate or short-sighted planning. The right to pleasure, by default, must include the right against violence, in the shape of infrastructure like transport, street lighting and public toilets. It must include policies that enable more sensitive law enforcement that recognizes people’s fundamental right to access public space. Demanding the right to pleasure does not absolve the city administration of the responsibility to provide these facilities.

