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Swiss brothers and sisters took care of this last year. akanji just a few days in a row for different Bleek headlines: “A dream of change and daddy’s happiness” was written on September 1st about football player Manuel akanji (27) and his upcoming move to Manchester City. And two weeks later, about his older sister (29), who also played football, he read: “Due to racist attacks: Sarah akanji withdraws from politics. The cantonal councilor of the SP did not stand for election in Zurich.
“In particular, young MPs and people with a migration background are subjected to mass sexual attacks, insults and threats on social networks,” writes the German journalist for Zeit and Spiegel Susanne. Emperor (42) in his recently published book. In it, a proven specialist in gender power relations deals with the “new violence against women” just like Sarah. akanji experienced.
called the “feminist paradox”. Emperor the current development, because with the progress on the side of women, the violence of men simultaneously increases. “Thanks to the new media, women have become visible, they have been able to advocate for political demands and tell their stories of oppression,” writes Emperor. “At the same time, the hate hits you right there: in visibility as women, as gender-based violence.” This puts society in a dilemma.
Today’s backlash is not a pendulum swinging in one direction, followed by a reversal later, but a gap that widens more and more: there are women who achieve more and more, there are men who feel threatened by them. “Feminist progress goes hand in hand with male violence, they grow together.” Emperor. This new violence results in women withdrawing from the public eye, giving up their careers or isolating themselves from the social milieu.
“The backlash hits women because they are women—the more visible and successful, the more,” writes Emperor. She supports her thesis with numerous frightening examples from all areas of life – from stalking to partner violence and sexual harassment to femicide. And she describes how former US President Donald Trump (76) made hatred of women socially acceptable and how former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (68) made it feminine. attributes wanted to stay in power.
strategy that Emperor absolutely might get something. “In my opinion, we should think carefully about where we have differences. emphasize and where not,” writes Emperor. “Feminist identity politics should only be used wisely.” And in this context, she advocates greater diversity. “The more categories, the more the traditional norm dissolves,” he says. Emperor. “Masculinity is just one of many possibilities.” It is higher only in the binary system.
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Source: Blick
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