17 research outputs found
Reactionary Gender Constructions in Illiberal Political Thinking
Theories of the state, its functions, limits, and legitimacy have been overwhelmingly "liberal" in the past few decades, in a very broad sense of the term. Such theories are inherently open to a diversity of genders, sexual orientations, and ways of living together because they place equal freedom and the right to prosper according to oneâs own ideas front and centre. Illiberal political thinking is of a completely different stock. This article focuses on the role of gender and sexuality in such approaches. Both gender and sexuality are pivotal for illiberalism's defence of an order that is supposed to overcome Westernâstyle liberal democracy. In contrast to the liberals' and their likeâminded critics' quest for social justice in societies that are traversed by structures of oppression and domination, illiberal political thinking offers an utterly different brand of autocratic rule that keeps conventional hierarchies intact. It only takes note of advanced gender theories to either ridicule them or condemn them as a supposed threat to social cohesion. This article exposes illiberal approaches to gender and sexuality, considering the roots and focus of the former on the dichotomy of public/private and illiberals' aversion to equality and human rights
Elternschaft und Familie jenseits von HeteronormativitÀt und Zweigeschlechtlichkeit
Regenbogenfamilie, Inseminationsfamilie, Mehrelternfamilie: Diese Begriffe versuchen das PhĂ€nomen zu fassen, dass Elternschaft und Familie in vielfĂ€ltigen Konstellationen verwirklicht werden. Sie stehen dabei im Spannungsfeld zwischen empirischer Vielfalt und gesellschaftlichen Norm- und NormalitĂ€tsvorstellungen. Die BeitrĂ€ge des Sonderheftes erkunden die Familienformen lesbischer Zweielternfamilien, Trans* und Co-Elternschaft, nicht-monogamer Beziehungsnetzwerke sowie queere Beziehungsnetzwerke im Kontext von Flucht. Die Autor*innen beschĂ€ftigen sich aus geschlechter-, sexualitĂ€ts- und queertheoretischen Perspektiven mit vielfĂ€ltigen Familienformen jenseits heteronormativer Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen. Der empirische Fokus liegt auf den familialen Alltagspraxen: Wie gestaltet sich das doing family und doing reproduction in diesen Familien? Hier stehen die damit einhergehenden Ambivalenzen und Ungleichheiten im Zentrum. Einerseits werden die rechtlichen und politischen Ăffnungen sowie die reproduktionstechnologischen Möglichkeiten in der Praxis vielfĂ€ltig genutzt. Durch den Gebrauch von assistierter Reproduktion wird die Norm der zweigeschlechtlichen Fortpflanzung innerhalb der heterosexuellen Paardyade aufgebrochen. Andererseits sind neben Prozessen der EinschlieĂung auch neue AusschlĂŒsse zu beobachten, scheinen doch nur solche Liebes- und Lebensformen staatliche Anerkennung zu gewinnen, die der âNormalfamilieâ Ă€hneln
Troublesome Issues: Current Debates on Tensions between Gender Equality and Cultural Diversity in Austria
This paper will first deal with the legal and social situation of Islam and Muslims in Austria and then turn to particular âtroublesome issuesâ at the intersection of gender equality and ethnic/religious diversity. The public debate on Muslims particularly focuses on the notion ânot willing to integrateâ and in the assumption of âparallel societiesâ. Hierarchical gender relations and âharmful traditionsâ such as veiling, female genital cutting, forced marriage and honour based violence recently became the centre of attention. We will show that the Austrian debate on these issues is shaped by the idea of âdangerous cultural differenceâ as something coming from outside and being concentrated in segregated Muslim enclaves. Despite the public authoritiesâ rejection of the idea that Islam was responsible for âharmful traditionsâ, legal as well as political measures in Austria not only combat violence against women but also fuel âcultural anxietiesâ between different ethnic and religious groups
Vorwort: Das gute Leben in der Krise â GeschlechterverhĂ€ltnisse auf dem PrĂŒfstand
Holzleithner E, Lengersdorf D. Vorwort: Das gute Leben in der Krise â GeschlechterverhĂ€ltnisse auf dem PrĂŒfstand. GENDER â Zeitschrift fĂŒr Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft. 2021;13(2):7-10