Ronen is certainly right in noting

Ronen is certainly right in noting that some situations are strongly conventional and in calling to mind a certain standard set of spatial frames and possibilities. We should also recognize, however, that social convention also plays a role in definingspatial access even when those spaces are not strictly stereotypical. This is easiest to see when convention disallows physical movement to a space. Much of the effectiveness of Fanny Burney’s Evelina, for example, depends on her very sensitive understanding of the way in which convention can exert nearly physical limitations upon women. Throughout the novel Evelina is pursued by the immoral but social ly savvy Sir Clement Willoughby, who is able to manipulate the rules of polite society to force Evelina into compromising situations.