In “Nightwalking: A Subversive Stroll through the City Streets,” Matthew Beaumont explains how walking at night is portrayed as a subversive act. He further explains how walking at night goes against the established norms of society. Beaumont specifies the norms being broken due to night walking are gender, work, and social norms. He explains how the gender norm of walking is especially targeted towards women, and how easily the assumption is made of a woman being a prostitute if she walks at night. The work norm being broken is people working beyond the average time frame during the day. Instead of sleeping to prepare for the next days’ workload, people are working at night to gain more of an economic advantage because time is money. The social
