The bourgeois model of society was established in the 19th century and defined different “natural” gender roles. Originally, these were not necessarily misogynistic.
Tag Archive for ‘Gender’
Women of Post-War Wroclaw – Is This Gender Public History?
Can we call the Market Square exhibition in Wroclaw in 2020 an example of gender public history?
Collecting Ego-Documents and Democratisation
“Each everyday life story contains world history,” stated Michael Mitterauer nearly 30 years ago on the paradigm shift in the social and historical sciences.
History and Gender
The radical form of the socio-cultural category, which can also be understood as a political instrument of struggle, negates gender polarity in general.
Gender, Human Rights and Society in the EU
Gender history has opened up research perspectives based on members of the LGBTIQ community. The field “Gender, Law, and Society” must be remeasured.
Who owns the “Trümmerfrauen”?
In 2018, a debate arose regarding a monument to the “Trümmerfrauen”, unveiled by the Austrian right-wing Vice-Chancellor H.C. Strache. The core question was whether they deserved a monument at all.
Women, the Powerless Sex? #metoo and Us (2)
#metoo: Interestingly, apart from a few exceptions, we’re not hearing anything related to Western religion, dominant culture, values. The audience is seemingly perplexed because the Weinsteins and Fritzchen Schmitzens are not “they”.
Women, the Powerless Sex? #metoo and Us (1)
Thuringian Forest, 1890: Everyday sexism as texture of modern society. This is how a history film presents it. And that has a lot to do with us and the #metoo debate.