Shelter (sociology)
A shelter called against the backdrop of various sociological theories a space should be protected in the people against social attributions. The aim is not to discriminate against anyone . The room does not have to be a real room in a building, etc., but mostly means the social space, for example in a group of different people.
background
The idea of a shelter was originally based on the assumption that the society surrounding the shelter tended towards sexism and demanded conservative gender roles from every single person. In order to offer spaces that are free from social attributions, "shelters", e.g. B. be created by self-organized groups.
Initially, the idea of "shelters" was taken up by representatives of feminism and some of them still hold the view today that "shelters" are mainly needed to protect women from sexism by men. They start from the basic understanding that discrimination , forms of sexualised violence and the exercise of power only take place in one direction or from one sex to the other.
In a modern understanding of the "shelter idea", however, it is much more about not manifesting anyone in traditional gender roles. This ties in with current diversity approaches, according to which heterosexual, intersexual, transsexual and homosexual people can express their personality on an equal footing , according to their own definition, without experiencing discrimination.
Many practitioners now hold the view that the "shelter" idea does not just refer to an imaginary space free from sexism, but rather any form of discrimination ( racism , anti-Semitism , anti-masculism , matriarchal and patriarchal behavior, discrimination against people Disability ).
Other meanings
In psychology , too, in the context of trauma therapies, imaginary "sheltered spaces" are used. Important reference groups, such as the family of origin, are partially assigned the terminology.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The organization Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) sees itself as an organization as a "shelter" in a humorous and sexist Zimbabwean society http://www.medico.de/themen/gesundheit/dokumente/galz/4261/
- ↑ Distillate from http://gendertalk.transgender.at/sexismus.htm
- ↑ https://www.uni-due.de/genderportal/veranstaltungen_detail.php?id=735