Antifeminismus. Zwischen Verteidigung des Status Quo und neuerlichen Anfeindungen

Lecture and discussion with Juliane Lang

Debates about gender and sexual diversity have not diminished, and certainly not become quieter in recent years. Quite the opposite: the topic of gender-equitable language, for example, is on everyone's lips. The Hessian Minister President boasts that he has issued the 'toughest gender ban' in Germany. Meanwhile, a citizens' initiative in Hamburg has failed to collect the necessary votes for a referendum with the same request in the Hanseatic city. The initiative has received open support from the AfD parliamentary group in the Hamburg parliament.

The demands for a ban on gender-inclusive language by conservative and extreme right-wing actors reflect familiar anti-feminist patterns. The lecture therefore looks at continuities and dynamics in anti-feminism and asks about current challenges.

Dr. Juliane Lang conducts research at the University of Giessen on the interactions between social gender relations and the contemporary extreme right.