The intersection of violence and gender matters in tourism, with violence being both a cause and consequence of gender inequality. This article establishes a conversation with the works of Judith Butler and Slavoj Žižek to rethink theories of violence and to develop a theoretical framework that captures the nuances and complexities of gender-based violence. Violence does not happen “elsewhere”, rather the potential for violence forms part of human relations. However, the violence inherent in tourism relations is seldom named. This article develops an original proposal of how to rethink conceptualizations of gender-based violence challenging the divide between subjective and objective violence to move the often obscured and ignored silences of gendered vulnerability centre stage to discussions of violence in tourism.

暴力和性别在旅游业中关系重大，暴力既是性别不平等的原因也是后果。本文与朱迪思·巴特勒（Judith Butler）和斯拉沃伊·齐泽克（SlavojŽižek）的作品进行了对话，以重新思考暴力理论并建立一个理论框架，以捕捉基于性别的暴力的细微差别和复杂性。暴力不会在“其他地方”发生，而是潜在的暴力行为构成了人际关系的一部分。但是，很少提及旅游关系中固有的暴力。本文提出了一项原始建议，即如何重新思考基于性别的暴力的概念化，以挑战主观和客观暴力之间的鸿沟，从而将经常被模糊不清的性别脆弱性中心阶段的沉默转移到旅游业暴力的讨论中。