“Are you a feminist?”
Angela Merkel was asked this question in 2017. "And I waffled and hesitated," she says in an interview with Anne Will (link in the comments). Feminism: When this [...]
Zero tolerance for harassment
Sexism in the Workplace: What to Do! "Old boys' jokes? Misguided attempts to be charming? Many believe such things no longer happen in companies," writes Patricia Andreae in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [...]
Stop the Muskulinists!
"Elon Musk and his army of 'tech bros' are grabbing for power. Women suffer the most from this—and ultimately, the entire world," writes Lin Hierse in *taz*. For [...]
Who Are the Perpetrators?
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 💡 In Germany, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) published its first-ever report last week on gender-specific crimes directed against [...]
On average, the happiest: husbands and single women
"Married people are less likely to suffer from depression," headlines the Süddeutsche Zeitung. "Single and childless: According to studies, this is when women are happiest," headlines the FR. [...]
Gender equality benefits men too
November 19 is International Men's Day This day of action has been observed for 25 years, is celebrated in around 80 countries, and is supported by the UN. [...]
Shame must change sides
"The student Ahou Daryaei rebels in Tehran. Iranian women know exactly what they are fighting against." The video went viral: A young woman walks across the campus of a university in Tehran [...]
Bias in AI-generated Images
AI-generated images display patterns of sexist, racist, and class-based prejudices. Eva Gengler has published a study on this. Her overview (on LinkedIn) of the results: Gender Bias: [...]
“Task Child” – for Women and for Men
"Should most people have children?" An unusual question posed by the polling institute Ipsos. The survey found that in Germany, nearly two-thirds of men (59%) answered yes to this question, while only [...]
Equality: “What more do you want?”
Seventy-five years ago, Article 3, Paragraph 2 of our Constitution enshrined gender equality and its promotion by the state. Where do we stand today? 🎧 The Bavarian State [...]
