Mixed fraternity
Mixed student fraternity (or mixed fraternity for short ) is a generic term for those student fraternities that, in contrast to women's fraternities and the traditionally all-male connections, accept both men and women.
Mixed connections are a minority among student fraternities in German-speaking countries. The first mixed connections emerged at the end of the 1960s when women were accepted into what were previously all-male student fraternities. A common feature of all the mixed compounds is that they, as well as the ladies compounds, usually no scales challenge. Exceptions are the two unrestricted fraternities Technical Club in Nuremberg and Markomannia zu Bingen and Frankfurt.
distribution
Germany
There are currently over 140 active mixed connections in Germany .
The medium-sized corporation associations Schwarzburgbund (SB), Akademischer Turnbund (ATB) and Sondershäuser Verband (SV), the smaller umbrella organizations Convent of Nautical Comradeships (CNK), German Scientific Association (DWV), German Guilds (DG), Academic Rowing Association (ARB) , Association of Academic Sailing Associations (VASV) and Miltenberg-Wernigeroder Ring (MWR) as well as some regional cartels such as the Bingener Altherrenconvent (BAHC), the Farbenring Höxter, the Kartellverband Holzminden (KVH), the Passauer Seniorenconvent (PSC), the Ring Technischerverbindungen (RTV) and the Rotenberg Representative Convent (RVC) have mixed connections in their ranks. Numerous mixed associations do not belong to any association.
In virtually all non-beating (male) umbrella organizations, discussions have come up at irregular intervals, as individual member associations want to take on women. In the above-mentioned associations, this decision was left up to the individual associations, so that today there are both separate and mixed-sex associations. In other cases, in some cases, the requesting associations refrained from accepting women out of consideration for the umbrella organization; sometimes there were resignations or exclusions from member associations that accepted women despite resolutions to the contrary.
Switzerland
In Switzerland there are relatively many mixed connections, especially in the Swiss Student Association (Schw. StV) and in the Falkensteinerbund .
Since 1968 girls and women can be accepted into the Schw. StV. In December 1968, the first female member with all rights and duties was admitted to the AV Orion. According to the central statutes, the Schw. StV leaves its member associations free to decide whether they want to open up to members of both sexes or not. Currently around two thirds of the StV connections and two of the four connections of the Falkensteiner Association take both men and women.
In the 2007/2008 academic year, the first woman, Judith Scherzinger v / o Saphir, headed the Swiss Student Union as CP. She is a member of the AV Staufer.
Austria
In Austria , mixed connections are the exception and hardly integrated into association structures.
There were heated debates within the ÖCV in the 1990s after the two oldest connections Austria Innsbruck and Norica Wien began accepting women in 1978 and 1986 respectively. A few other connections followed, but the attempts were discontinued due to problems and lack of success, with the exception of Norica Wien, whose women's section still functions officially as Norica Nova today as an independent association.
In 1991, the KMV Clunia Feldkirch decided to accept the members of the previously founded ladies' circle as equal members. In 1992 KMV Siegberg in Dornbirn followed suit . Both associations were members of the Mittelschüler-Kartell-Verband (MKV) up to this point and therefore had to leave the association. Together with the remaining four Vorarlberg MKV associations, they founded the Vorarlberger MittelschülerCartellverband (VMCV), which is run in personal union with the Vorarlberger Landesverband des MKV . In addition to four purely male fraternities, this includes one purely female and two mixed fraternities.
At the university level, the AV Claudiana was founded in Innsbruck in 1984 as the first actual mixed Austrian university association. In 1997 the KÖHV Universitas in Vienna followed , in 2003 another mixed academic connection was established with the KAV Merkenstein Vienna. All three are organized in the Curia of Free Associations in the European Cartel Association (EKV).
The AV Helvetia Oenipontana ( SchwStV ) founded in Innsbruck in 1860 , as the oldest non-beating association in Austria, is mixed.
A survey within the ÖCV in 1999/2000 showed a majority of almost 62% on the part of the old men for accepting women, while Aktivitas narrowly rejected this with 50.7%. However, not all compounds had participated in this survey. In addition, the members of the Association of Christian Student Associations Austria (VCS) refused membership in the ÖCV at the time and, according to official association reports, want to remain separate.
Outside the German-speaking area
In Belgium , the local chapters of the Flemish umbrella organization Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV) are partly mixed. There are also mixed connections in the French-speaking part of Belgium.
Especially through the European Cartel Association (EKV), new associations have been established in the former Eastern Bloc in recent years. These were mostly conceived from the beginning as mixed-sex alliances, but do not always follow the German comment, but rather their own traditions: In the Czech Republic , in 2000 in Prague , the KStV Pragensis was the first mixed association, a member of the "Curia of Free Associations" of the EKV. In Ukraine , three of the four sections of the Community of Ukrainian Catholic Students Obnova (GUKS Obnova) are mixed, in Ternopil, Lviv and Chernivtsi. The fourth section consists of the seminary in Chernivtsi. The GUKS Obnowa is also a member of the EKV “Curia”. In Lithuania, on the initiative of the KV, a mixed student union was founded with the “Tautito” corporation in Kaunas, which is now also a member of the Curia of Free Associations.
The mixed Strasbourg association FEE Robert Schuman Argentorata is also a member of the EKV curia.
Also among the North American fraternities and sororities there are a few that are open to both sexes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peter Krause : O old lad glory . 5., completely redesigned. Edition. Styria Verlag, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-222-12478-7 , p. 205 ff .
- ↑ Alexandra Kurth: Men, frets, rituals. Student connections since 1800. Campus Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-593-37623-7 . P. 18.
- ↑ Art. 48 of the central statutes in ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Rechtsbuch des Schw. StV. ) (PDF; 148 kB) (accessed on August 30, 2011).
- ↑ Presentation of the story ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the VMCV website.
- ^ Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria . Its creation, its history, its meaning. 3rd, revised. and additional edition. Lahn-Verlag, Limburg 2001, ISBN 3-7840-3229-X , p. 245 .
