Feminism in Germany Woman's Liberation Movement in Germany: how it all started 1971 1971 The fight against the abortion ban is the trigger of the women's movement throughout Europe. › mehr 1972 1972 From the fight against § 218 a networked German women's movement has developed. › mehr 1973 1973 The German women's movement creates publicity with imaginative and provocative campaigns. › mehr 1974 1974 The fight for the ‘Fristenlösung’ is won - and lost once again. The West German women's movement celebrates its first festivals. The benevolent tone of the media is exacerbated. › mehr Woman's Liberation Movement in Germany: Debates & Demands Abortion – a Legal Right? Feminists Vs. All The struggle for abortion rights sparked the emergence of the Women's Liberation Movement in West… › mehr Women Who Work: Housework and Claim for Equal Pay When the women’s movement started, housework was still by law a woman’s job. Feminists fought… › mehr Body Image: The Fight Against Dieting and Eating Disorders From the mid-1970s, feminists began to problematise the tyranny of trying to become slender and… › mehr Women’s Refuges – Protection from (Sexual) Violence Beginning in the mid-70s, the women’s movement made the dramatic extent of violence by men… › mehr Women’s Health and Patriarchal Medicine Self-determination and knowledge of one’s own body – women’s health initiatives were directed against a… › mehr Pornography – Sexual Desire Vs. Sexualised Misogyny The feminist debate about pornography was divided: Some considered it unproblematic, but most opposed it… › mehr Prostitution – A ‚Job Like Any Other‘? For some, it is “the oldest trade in the world” – for others, a violation… › mehr Lesbian and Feminist – Female and Homosexual: Becoming Visible Female homosexuality was still a taboo at the beginning of the 1970s. The women’s movement… › mehr Sexual Harassment – the Long Way to Sex Crime Legislation Sexual harassment in the workplace became a public issue in Germany in the late 1970s,… › mehr
