Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies - Volume 22, Issue 4, 2019

Abstract This article aims to complement two earlier ones by Theo van der Meer and Joke Swiebel in the previous issue of this journal (Swiebel, 2019; Van der Meer, 2019) on the history of homosexuality’s criminalisation in the Netherlands by exploring the same theme from a Belgian perspective. Whereas article 248bis of the Dutch penal code raised the age of consent for homosexual relations from 1911 to 1971, its Read More

Abstract This article explores communists’ attitudes towards gender roles and sexuality in Britain and the Netherlands during the Cold War (ca. 1948–1970). It looks at the changing roles of women in the communist movement in the public sphere, as well as the changes in practices of gender relations in the communist home—that is, the private sphere. This article, which is based on interviews with Dutch and British ind Read More

Abstract A growing number of women in different countries are freezing their eggs as a way to preserve fertility not just for medical reasons, but for what have been referred to as ‘lifestyle’ or ‘social’ reasons. Ethical debates so far have often focused on reproductive autonomy and gender inequalities in society. Based on a critical analysis of the available studies that explore women’s experiences, we conclude that women’s Read More

Abstract Male homosociability is still a prevalent aspect of working culture and although many women are now participating in these same circles, it is still largely centred around the idea that men’s groupings are the ones that dictate the professional environment. The conference Making it Like a Man: Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career, which took place at the University of Helsinki on the 25th and 26th of October 2018, illu Read More