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Feminismus wird auf der Mikroblogging Plattform tumblr oft in Bezug auf verschiedene Stars besprochen. Die Arbeit untersucht, vor allem die Diskussion um Feminismus in Referenz zu der weißen Sängerin Taylor Swift und der Schwarzen Sängerin Beyoncé. Stichworte: weißer Feminismus, Womanism, Schwarzer Feminimus, Mediennutzung, Blogging, Popkultur

Die Studie befasst sich mit Ausmaß, Umgang sowie möglichen Ansätzen zur Prävention und Intervention bei sexueller Belästigung  am  Arbeitsplatz. Sie beinhaltet eine im  Herbst  2018  durchgeführte  repräsentative Telefonbefragung von 1.531 Personen,  die  in  den  letzten drei Jahren beschäftigt waren und in einem  qualitativen  Teil  Interviews  mit  Betroffenen  und  Fokusgruppendiskussionen  mit verschiedenen Zielgruppen.  Zusätzlich  wurden  eine  Literaturanalyse,  sowie  eine  Analyse  von  Rechtsfällen vorgenommen.

Introduction: Large-size studies on the prevalence of female intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in Germany are rare and partly outdated; representative data on male IPV victimization are lacking altogether. The present survey addresses these gaps. Method: For this study, the instrument of the WHO Multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence has been translated to German and adapted to be used with females and males. A random route procedure in selecting household addresses has been used to gather data on IPV in combination with an omnibus survey on (mental) health
issues. A total 2,503 respondents with a minimum age of 14 years have
participated (response rate=44.1%). The resulting distribution of age and
gender was representative for the German population above the age of 14
years. Results: A total of 57.6% of female participants and 50.8% of male
participants have reported victimization by intimate partners during their
lifespan; gender distribution differs significantly (Chi 2 =43.43; p<0.001). Out of
the different documented subtypes, psychological IPV was most prevalent
(53.6% in females, 48.0% in males). Other forms ranged between 15.2%
(physical IPV) and 18.6% (sexual IPV) for females, and 5.5% (sexual IPV) and
10.8% (physical IPV) for males. All forms of victimization regularly coincided,
both in females and males. Experiencing any IPV was not only significantly
associated with female gender, but also with older age, periods of unem-
ployment, poverty, and IPV perpetration. Discussion: The findings highlight
the still much needed global efforts to prevent IPV against women – and in
general. They further support previous research in underlining that fighting
poverty might also be instrumental in reducing the likelihood of IPV. The
discussion further addresses the issues of reciprocity in IPV.

Starting from a fishbowl discussion, which has taken place at the conference, this paper discusses what can be gained from thinking across genderqueer theories and anthropological Europeanization research. It argues that thinking queerly includes a skepticism toward identitarian and normative understandings of Europe, as well as an ethnographic attention being paid to that which emerges in the gaps and cracks of Europeanization. The ways in which institutions working in the name of Europe generate heterogeneous experiences resulting in unequal and differentially distributed, multiple Europes are also key. »Queering Europe« oscillates between an emphasis on the central role of the sexual and the gendered in imaginations of Europe and destabilizing notions of Europe in a more general sense; as such, it is closely related to post-/decolonial approaches. This analytical move has three dimensions to it: First, queering Europe aims at deconstructing hegemonic imaginaries of the continent. Second, it makes visible the pluralistic and fragmented nature of Europe(s) and the ambivalent and sometimes unforeseen consequences that processes of Europeanization are accompanied by. Third, queering Europe can be envisioned as a way of imagining and thinking about Europe through a »critical utopianism« (Mbembe 2019) that puts solidarity center stage. Ethnography informed by decolonial critiques as well as by proposals for queering methodologies constitutes our chosen epistemological tool regarding investigating queering Europe as a mode of knowledge production and political vision.

Homosexuelle werden zunehmend ins populistische »Wir« der äußersten Rechten integriert. Der Kulturanthropologe Patrick Wielowiejski hat eine Gruppe schwuler Mitglieder der »Alternative für Deutschland« (AfD) zwei Jahre lang begleitet. Ausgehend von ihren Narrativen und Praktiken analysiert er in dieser »Ethnografie der Feindschaft« das politische Imaginäre der gegenwärtigen Rechten. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Grenze zwischen »normal« und »pervers« hier nicht mehr zwischen »Hetero« und »Homo« gezogen wird, sondern zwischen essentialistischen und emanzipatorischen Lebensentwürfen und Praktiken. Zugleich reflektiert Wielowiejski kritisch seine Forschungserfahrungen und ermöglicht so einen nuancierten Einblick in ein politisches Feld, das den demokratischen Zusammenhalt immer mehr bedroht.