Unisex
The term unisex applies to facilities, terms and products that are intended for all genders equally. In relation to institutions, the opposite of “unisex” is the institutionalized gender segregation ; products are referred to as gender design .
Examples
There are unisex toilets , unisex insurance tariffs or gender-neutral unisex names. Clothing and accessories that can be worn by all genders are referred to as unisex clothing . Today's examples of this are above all T-shirts , jeans and sneakers , as well as tights , sports underwear and other items of leisure, functional and sportswear as well as certain perfumes, watch models or sunglasses. The assignment of fashion items to the unisex area is subject to cultural and historical conditions and depends on the understanding of roles, taste formation and practical considerations. Garments that were originally gender-specifically assigned can gradually be adopted by other genders, as is the case with jeans.
Word composition
The word “uni” comes from the Latin “unus”, in German “one”, and, like the term uniform, stands for the uniform appearance, in this case related to the natural sexes “ sexus ”.
Web links
- Fashion and gender. Overcome gender boundaries. ZEITmagazin, February 17, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin's new toilets: Would you use a women's urinal? - BBC
- ^ Tilmann Warnecke: Praise of the unisex toilet. The loo? The loo? The toilet! In: Der Tagesspiegel. March 9, 2013, accessed July 31, 2013 .
- ^ Astrid Wallrabenstein: Insurance in the welfare state . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-16-149725-4 , p. 139 .
- ↑ a b Gerhard Schmied : Das Rätsel Mensch: Answers der Sociologie . Barbara Budrich Verlag , Leverkusen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86649-075-8 , p. 95 .
- ↑ Manhood out of the bottle. For years, women's perfumes have been sweet and fruity. Now the fragrance designers dare to approach the masculine side of women. In: time online. March 22, 2010, accessed August 1, 2013 .